Biography of ancient indian mathematicians
Biography of ancient indian mathematicians
Ancient indian history.
Indian mathematics
Development of mathematics in South Asia
"Mathematics in India" redirects here. For the 2009 monograph by Kim Plofker, see Mathematics in India (book).
Indian mathematics emerged and developed in the Indian subcontinent[1] from about 1200 BCE[2] until roughly the end of the 18th century CE (approximately 1800 CE).
In the classical period of Indian mathematics (400 CE to 1200 CE), important contributions were made by scholars like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Bhaskara II, Varāhamihira, and Madhava. The decimal number system in use today[3] was first recorded in Indian mathematics.[4] Indian mathematicians made early contributions to the study of the concept of zero as a number,[5]negative numbers,[6]arithmetic, and algebra.[7] In addition, trigonometry[8] was further advanced in India, and, in particular, the modern definitions of sine and cosine were developed there.[9] The