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The two races which have founded the mathematics, those of the Sanscrit and Greek languages, have been the two which have independently formed systems of logic.

— Augustus De Morgan

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De Morgan, Augustus. ———. Syllabus of a Proposed System of Logic. London: Walton and Maberly, 1860. quoted in : Bhaskar Kamble, The Imperishable Seed: How Hindu Mathematics Changed the World and why this History was Erased, Garuda Prakashan Private Limited, 2022 ISBN 9798885750189

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