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How Aryabhatta calculated and explained ‘eclipses’?

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According to one of India’s most sacred and historical texts, the Rig Veda, eclipses were discovered by the Indian mathematician, Aryabhatta. The text contains information […]

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Comments: 2
  1. Sanaa says:

    Did you know that Aryabhatta used zero in his decimal system and bramagupta defined 0

    You can also go on the link of zero and check if I’m correct

  2. Shefali Ahuja-Gupta says:

    Indeed, Sanaa!

    I can only imagine how exciting it must have been for those early mathematicians, when they found a way to express ‘nothing’ and place ‘nothing’ in the place value system. Zero threw open the doors to much more complicated and advanced calculations than were possible before its discovery / definition.

    Thanks for responding, Sanaa 🙂
    Stay curious, stay informed!

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