High school students can blame ancient India for quadratic equations and calculus.

Imagine a time when intellectual and cultural treasures traveled as freely as spices, gems, and silk. A time when India ...

The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

The debate on the achievements of ancient India in science and technology continues unabated. For instance, Union minister of science and technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan’s statement that the ...

Quite often I find that conversations, with people from various walks of life, on ancient Indian mathematics slide to “Vedic mathematics” of the “16 sutras” fame, which is supposed to ...

Today's WorldView How ancient India changed the world The Indian subcontinent’s connections to the West, especially via the Roman empire, were far richer than once thought.

Any account of the classical sciences of India must begin with mathematics, for, as the ancient Sanskrit text Vedanga Jyotisa (ca. fourth century B.C.E.) says, Like the crest on the peacock’s head, ...

Indore: Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) is offering a certificate programme in ancient Indian mathematics. The course, offered by the Centre for Ancient Indian Mathematics, is tailored for ...

It should come as no surprise that the first recorded use of the number zero, recently discovered to be made as early as the 3rd or 4th century, happened in India. Mathematics on the Indian ...

Mathematics on the Indian subcontinent has a rich history going back over 3,000 years, and thrived for centuries before similar advances were made in Europe, with its influence meanwhile spreading ...