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Swipe through India's greatest mathematical discoveries — 8 slides each, built for mobile.
The word "sine" comes from the Sanskrit word Jya meaning bowstring. Aryabhata created the first sine table in 499 CE.
Brahmagupta defined zero as a number in 628 CE. Europe banned Arabic numerals in 1299. The most important invention in mathematics.
Madhava of Sangamagrama discovered infinite series around 1350 CE — 316 years before Newton and Leibniz.
Baudhayana stated the theorem in the Sulba Sutra around 800 BCE, centuries before Pythagoras was born.
Sayana's commentary on the Rig Veda contains a value for the speed of light accurate to 0.14%.