Pingala, Inventor of Binary Numbers in 2nd Century BCE
Pingala (Devanagari: पिङ्गल) is the author of Chandaḥśāstra (Chandaḥsūtra), the earliest known Sanskrit treatise on prosody. Very less historical knowledge is available about Pingala, though his works are retained till … Continue reading
BrahmaGupta, Ancient Mathematician-concept of ‘Negative Numbers’ & Theorem on Cyclic Quadrilaterals
Brahmagupta (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मगुप्त) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer who lived between 597–668 AD and wrote two important works on mathematics and astronomy: the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta in 628 AD (Correctly Established Doctrine of … Continue reading
Aryabhata contributes ‘ZERO, Pi’ etc to Mathematics and calculates Eclipses in Astronomy
Aryabhata, born in 476 CE, was the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. There is a general tendency to … Continue reading
Bhaskaracharya Bhāskara II -introduced concept of ‘Infinity’
Bhaskaracharya (Bhāskara the teacher) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer of 12th century AD. He is refered as Bhāskara II to avoid confusion with Bhāskara I (of 7th century AD). … Continue reading
Surya Siddhanta, 2 Million Years old Book is First on Astronomy
suryasiddhant-Aryabhatt. Surya Siddhanta is the first among the traditions or doctrines (siddhanta) in archaeo-astronomy of the Vedic era. Infact, it is the oldest ever book in world which describes earth … Continue reading
Vaishesika Sutras by Kanada describe Laws of Motion & Concept of Atom
Acharya Kanada, author of Vaishesika Sutra Vaisheshika or Vaiśeṣika (Sanskrit: वैशेषिक) is one of the six Hindu schools of philosophy in Ancient Vedic India. They were originally proposed by the … Continue reading
Cloning in Vedas
Animal Cloning was done few years ago in modern world but human cloning is still not done successfully and it is also prohibited in almost all countries. In Ancient India, animal … Continue reading
Cow is a sacred asset of the nation – Subramanian Swamy
Originally posted on BHARATA BHARATI:
“A single individual by simply not consuming meat prevents the equivalent of 1.5 tons of CO2 emissions in a year. This is more than the…
Ancient Guns in India
ANCIENT Fire-Arms: There are certain references in Ancient Puranas regarding use of fire arms. But we don’t have solid proof regarding this as puranic stories are either called as symbolic … Continue reading
Ship building in ancient India
Sea-Going and River-Going Vessels The Sanskrit texts like Vedas, Jatakas, Panini’s Astadhyayi, epics, Arthashastra etc consists of innumerable references to sea voyages and sea-borne trade. Among the surviving indigenous record … Continue reading
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