Gupta Empire The Gupta Period of India was not characterized by enormous material wealth or by elaborate trade activity. It was defined by creativity. Flourishing arts‚ fabulous literature‚ and stupendous scholars are just a few of the things that marked the period. In 185 B.C.E.‚ the Mauryan empire collapsed when the last of the Mauryan kings was assassinated. In its place‚ small kingdoms arose throughout India. For nearly 500 years‚ the various states warred with each other. In the northern
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astronomy. He also worked on the approximation for pi. Name While there is a tendency to misspell his name as "Aryabhatta" by analogy with other names having the "bhatta" suffix‚ his name is properly spelled Aryabhata: every astronomical text spells his name thus‚[6] including Brahmagupta’s references to him "in more than a hundred places by name".[7] Furthermore‚ in most instances "Aryabhatta" does not fit the metre either.[6] Time and place of birth Aryabhata mentions in the Aryabhatiya that it
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topic ‘education- path to enlightenment and power.’ Education – the word itself means the theory or practice of teaching. Education has been there since the past times when great thinkers and mathematicians like Aryabhatta and Bhaskaracharya gave the world a new way of learning. Aryabhatta gave the utmost number ‘0’ to this world without which the counting would have never begun. Bhaskaracharya gave trigonometry ratios without which geometry would have been undone. The British bought the language
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Aryabhata Biography Name While there is a tendency to misspell his name as "Aryabhatta" by analogy with other names having the "bhatta" suffix‚ his name is properly spelled Aryabhata: every astronomical text spells his name thus‚ including Brahmagupta’s references to him "in more than a hundred places by name".Furthermore‚ in most instances "Aryabhatta" does not fit the metre either. Time and place of birth Aryabhata mentions in the Aryabhatiya that it was composed 3‚630 years into the Kali
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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar‚ a ‘Nobel Laureate’ in physics and one of the greatest astrophysicists of modern times was born on October 19‚ 1910 in Lahore‚ Punjab‚ British India (now in Pakistan). He was the son of Mr. C.S. Ayer and Sita Balkrishnan. His father was a civil servant‚ attaining a high position with the Indian railways. The Ayer had three sons and five daughters of whom Chandra was the oldest son. In 1916‚ the family moved to Madras where Chandra grew up. Chandrasekhar
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warrior. • Harisena was the court poet of Samudragupta. • Chandragupta II is popularly known as ‘ Vikramaditya’. • Fahein‚ the Chinese traveler visited India during his time. • Varahamihira‚ Brahmagupta‚ Shankaracharya‚ Dhanwantri‚ Bhaskaracharya‚ Aryabhatta etc. are important person who lived during his period. • The Gupta period began in 320 AD and the Gupta rule is called ‘the Golder Age’ or ‘the Classical Age’ of ancient India. • Gupta issued large number of gold coins in India. • Earlier Guptas
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invaders and traders. Till the invasion of British East India Company‚ India was the richest country of the world. 5. Number system is the greatest contribution of India to science in general and mathematics in particular. Indian Mathematician Aryabhatta invented zero. Bhaskaracharya‚ in fifth century‚ calculated the time taken by earth to rotate
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Religion and Science At the outset let me start with the quote from the father of the theory of relativity‚ Albert Einstein who aptly remark that…… "We owe a lot to the Indians‚ who taught us how to count‚ without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made." Apart from Einstein Will Durant‚ American historian stated that "India was the motherland of our race‚ and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages: she was the mother of our philosophy; mother‚ through
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India‚ “The land of Lords” is the world’s ancient civilization. India is also the land of various cultural diversities‚ where you will find a beautiful contrast of customary and contemporary ingredients. It is a place where you experience spirituality and solitude together. India is a land with legendary sagas‚ rich rituals‚ distinct cultures‚ various festivals and ceremonies. Also a land of historical monuments‚ architectural miracles and rich historical past. Let us know more about India 5‚000
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as the richest and most comprehensive science of ancient India. The Vedic sciences comprise various branches such as medicine‚ space science‚ astronomy‚ mathematics and there were several Indian scientists who studied and enhanced Vedic sciences. Aryabhatta I‚ Charaka‚ Sushruta and Panini were some of the eminent scientists of the ancient
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