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Mathematics In India

CBSE · Class 11 · Knowledge Traditions and Practices of India

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Overview

Indian mathematics developed over a very long period, from the Vedic age to the seventeenth century, and made major contributions to numerals, arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and trigonometry. The decimal place value system and the symbol for zero revolutionised calculation. Early texts such as the S

Key Concepts

India invented and first used

India invented and first used the decimal place value system of numeral notation. This system made written calculation simpler and more powerful than

Brāhmī numerals are a purely Indian

Brāhmī numerals are a purely Indian invention. Their knowledge goes back to the time of King Asoka, around 300 B.C. The numbers 1, 2, and 3 were shown

Āryabhaṭa I discovered the symbol

Āryabhaṭa I discovered the symbol for zero in connection with the decimal expression of numbers. He described it by saying that vacant places should b

The period

The period A.D. 500 to 1200 is called the Golden or Siddhāntic period. It begins with Āryabhaṭa I and ends with Bhāskara II.

Ancient gaṇita recognised addition

Ancient gaṇita recognised addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square, square-root, cube, and cube-root as the main operations.

Learning Objectives

  • Trace the growth of mathematics in India from the Vedic age to the later classical period.
  • Understand the development of numerical symbols, including Brāhmī numerals and zero.
  • Recall the eight fundamental operations of ancient gaṇita.
  • Recognise the Indian contributions to addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, square, square-root, cube, and cube-root.
  • Understand the role of the Sulbasūtras in geometry and early algebra.

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