CONTRIBUTION OF ANCIENT INDIAN MATHEMATICIANS

Abstract

The history of any ancient civilization is often surrounded by mystery and controversy. Still, Western scholars have not given sufficient credit to the work of some ancient Indian mathematicians, notably Brahmagupta, Bodhayana and Bhaskara II, despite the fact that their entire works were translated into English by the nineteenth-century British Sanskrit scholar Henry Thomas Colebrooke. In the initial part was done by The purpose of this article is to lay out the facts and leave the reader free to interpret and evaluate them according to his own understanding of the subject. Sincere efforts have been made to bring the contribution of some ancient Indian mathematicians to the public. Keywords:- Right angled triangle, Decimal system, Alphanumeric system, Shulva Sutra.