India s contributions to science, mathematics, medicine, and philosophy date back thousands of years. Long before the rise of ...

Once zero was introduced, almost all of the mathematical mechanics would be in place to enable ancient Indians to study higher mathematics. But only in India did the placeholder symbol for nothing ...

It was ancient Indian mathematician Baudhāyana ... In a six-page essay on the book written by Kim Plofker, Mathematics in India, ( a western historian of mathematics), Brown University ...

Quite often I find that conversations, with people from various walks of life, on ancient Indian mathematics slide to “Vedic mathematics” of the “16 sutras” fame, which is supposed to ...

The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

Any account of the classical sciences of India must begin with mathematics, for, as the ancient Sanskrit text Vedanga Jyotisa (ca. fourth century B.C.E.) says, Like the crest on the peacock’s head, ...

Ancient mental calculation systems like Vedic mathematics, abacus techniques, and the Trachtenberg system are experiencing a ...

FOR too long the history of mathematics in India was studied only by scholars suffering under the almost insuperable handicap of belonging to an alien civilization ; but recently a number of ...

This program, limited to 20,000 participants, benefits Indian technology professionals and aims to reduce visa appointment wait times. The program will issue 20,000 visas to Indian nationals ...

Once zero was introduced, almost all of the mathematical mechanics would be in place to enable ancient Indians to study higher mathematics. But only in India did the placeholder symbol for nothing ...

It also saw Indian philosophy and mathematics travel west and east ... to Bali [in what’s now Indonesia] and Japan, where [the ancient Indian script] Pali and Sanskrit were read and spoken.