This address was published in the Bulletin of the Allahabad University Mathematical Association in two papers totalling 60 pages in length.

Datta expanded this paper and wrote the treatise History of Hindu Mathematics in three volumes.

At the time of retirement, the manuscript of the three-volume work was entrusted to his junior colleague Awadhesh Narayan Singh.

A Source Book (Part 1: Numerical notation and arithmetic) was published in 1935 and the second volume titled History of Hindu Mathematics.

[3] "Readers of the 'Monthly' have become familiar with the name of one of the authors of this work since articles by B Datta have been appearing over a period of ten years.

Through these articles, he has won a place as a reliable research worker in the field of Hindu mathematics.

... Datta and Singh's 'History of Hindu Mathematics' should be in every library which reaches standards covered by the word "approved."

As an industrious collection of material and as a starting point for further critical investigation the present volume is very welcome indeed.