Ancient Indian Mathematics & Sciences
Unveiling the history of Ancient Indian Mathematics & Sciences Ancient Indian mathematics & sciences Introduction: January 14th annually (15th on a leap year) is Makara Sankranthi, and it is celebrated all over the country and wherever Indian culture has spread. It is known as Bihu in Assam, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Uttarayan in Uttar Pradesh, Shishur Sankraat in Kashmir, Songkran in Thailand. Thingyan in Myanmar, Mohan Songkran in Cambodia and so on. On this day, the sun, the source of life on earth, transits into Capricorn and moves into the northern hemisphere. The knowledge of this astronomical feat ks as old as the Indian Civilization. Indian astronomy has a long history and was a vedanga, an auxiliary discipline associated with the study of the vedas. Dating back to 1,500BCE or earlier. Varahamihru, Aryabhatta, Bhaskaracharya, Brahmagupta and others were astronomers who even mention their scientific instruments. Maharaja jai singh II of Jaipur constructed Jantar Mantars in