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Aiyar, S. Balakrishna. The Ganita-S\=ara-Sangraha of Mah\=av\=\i r\=ac\=arya. Mathematics Teacher 47 (1954), 528--33.
An overview of Mahavira's Ganita-Sara-Sangraha. The author makes the interesting observation that in Jainism, Mahavira's religion, mathematics was very popular, and was "accorded the status of one of the four anuyog\=as, which were the auxiliary sciences, the study of which helped the aspirant to the attainment of soul-liberation." Reprinted in Swetz, Frank J., From Five Fingers to Infinity. Closely related topic: Arithmetic.