2025

ASTRONOMY AND MATHEMATICS IN ARYABHATTA

Author(s): Rupesh Kumar Mohapatra

Abstract

Aryabhatta is the father of Indian Mathematics contributed to Mathematics and astronomy, Varahamihira (born 505, Ujjain, India-died 587, Ujjain) was an Indian Philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician, author of the pancha-siddhantika, a compendium of Greek, Egyptian, Roman and Indian astronomy. Aryabhatta (476-550 CE) was the first of the major mathematician astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. He was born in Ashmaka around but offer ward moved to Kusumapura. The father of Mathematics Archimedes is considered of his notable inventions in mathematics and science. Aryabhatta calculated the value of PI ( ) to be approximately 3.14, which is close to the modern value. He also stated that Pi is a constant and the ratio of a circle's circumstance to its diameter.