Every Indian should know their ancestors who have contributed a lot to India and to the world. Indians should be proud of their ancestors whom the western world look upon with reverence.
I got hold of several ancient Indians' profile and picture and I will write about them here in this blog. I take immense pride in sharing them with you.
MASTER ASTRONOMER AND MATHEMATICIAN
Born in 476 CE in Kusumpur (Bihar), Aryabhatt's intellectual brilliance remapped the boundaries of mathematics and astronomy. In 499 CE, at the age of 23, he wrote a text on astronomy and an unparallel treatise on mathematics called "Aryabhatiyam."
He formulated the process of calculating the motion of planets and the time of eclipses. Aryabhatt was the first to proclaim that the earth is round, it rotates on its axis, orbits the sun and is suspended in space - 1000 years before Copernicus published his heliocentric theory.
He is also acknowledged for calculating p (Pi) to four decimal places: 3.1416 and the sine table in trigonometry. Centuries later, in 825 CE, the Arab mathematician, Mohammed Ibna Musa credited the value of Pi to the Indians, "This value has been given by the Hindus."
And above all, his most spectacular contribution was the concept of zero without which modern computer technology would have been non-existent. Aryabhatt was a colossus in the field of mathematics.
1 comment:
it was really a nice blog.it was really helpful 2 me 2 give a presentation in my college d the matter was really awesome.i came 2 know much about aryabhatta.i hope u to gather other ancestors information also... wish u good luck..
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