Varahamihira's pandiagonal magic squares of the order four / Takao Hayashi.
Abstract:
'I have demonstrated in this paper that Varahamihira (ca. 550), an Indian authority of astronomy, astrology, and divination, utilized a pandiagonal magic square of 16 cells in prescribing how to prepare perfumes from 16 original substances. I have also...suggested a probable historical link between Indian and Islamic magic squares.'
Historia mathematica Vol. 14 (1987), p. 159-166