Pataliputra
Pataliputra
Capital of Magadha and of the Maurya and Gupta empires, modern Patna.
Aryabhata(476 – 550)
Aryabhatta
Pioneering mathematician and astronomer of the Gupta age.
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- Wrote the Aryabhatiya
- Proposed Earth's rotation on its axis
- Advanced trigonometry and pi
- Explained eclipses scientifically
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Pioneer of Indian Astronomy
p>Aryabhata (476–550 CE) was a mathematician and astronomer of the Gupta age whose treatise, the <em>Aryabhatiya</em>, composed in 499 CE, laid foundations for Indian mathematics and astronomy. He worked with the place-value system, gave an accurate approximation of pi, and advanced trigonometry with his sine tables.</p><p>Remarkably, he proposed that the Earth rotates on its axis and offered scientific explanations of solar and lunar eclipses, ideas that influenced later Indian and Islamic science.</p>
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- HINDUISM
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- SCIENTIST
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