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Ä€ryabhaa ( AD, Maharashtra550 , Bihar ) is the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian Mathematics and Indian Astronomy . His most famous works are the '' Aryabhatiya '' ( 499 ) and ''Arya- Siddhanta ''.


BIOGRAPHY

Aryabhata was born in the region lying between Narmada and Godavari, which was known as ''Ashmaka'',and is now identified with Maharashtra , though early Buddhist texts describe Ashmaka as being further south, ''dakShiNApath'' or the Deccan , while other texts describe the Ashmakas as having fought Alexander , which would put them further north.
  Surname1 Dutta
  Given1 Bibhutibhushan
  Surname2 Singh
  Given2 Avadhesh Narayan
  Year 1962
  Title History of Hindu Mathematics
  Publisher Asia Publishing House, Bombay
  Isbn 81-86050-86-8 (reprint)


  Last Pingree
  First David
  Authorlink David Pingree
  Contribution Astronomy in India
  Editor-last Walker
  Editor-first Christopher
  Title Astronomy before the Telescope
  Pages 123-142
  Publisher British Museum Press
  Place London
  Year 1996
  ID ISBN 0-7141-1746-3


  Surname1 Selin
  Given1 Helaine
  Year 2000
  Title Astronomy Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Astronomy
  Publisher Kluwer, Boston
  ID ISBN 0-7923-6363-9


  Surname1 Thurston
  Given1 H
  Year 1994
  Title Early Astronomy
  Publisher Springer-Verlag, New York
  ID ISBN 0-387-94107-X