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INDIA’S HERITAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. — Social Science STD 10 — Question

Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social ScienceINDIA’S HERITAGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.4 Marks
Question
Write a note on the progress made in mathematics by ancient India. ### Write a detailed note on ancient India's knowledge about mathematics and contribution to the world.
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Answer

  • India has made a notable contribution in the field of mathematics
  • India's some of the finest gifts to the world are discovery of $0 ($zero$),$ decimal system, alegebra theorem of Baudhayana. Geometry and Arithmetic.
  • Aryabhatta discovered zero' $(0)$ whereas the knowledge of writing zero atter figures was discovered by the sage named Grutsamad
  • The ancient Indian mathematicians gave the names of the numbers formed by placing up to $53$ zeros after 1(one).
  • Archaeologists found out that the measuring and weighing instruments of Harappa and 'Mohen-jo- Daro' used decimal system. "Medhatithi", the great mathematician gave the concept of this decimal system.
  • Bhaskaracharya wrote books Lilawati Ganit and "Bij Ganit in $1150\ A.D.$
  • He discovered signs of addition $(+)$ and subtraction $(-).$
  • Brahmagupta gave the knowledge about the types of equations in mathematics.
  • Baudhayana gave another version of Pythagoras theorem.
  • Around $800\ B.C.,$ 'Aapstambha' wrote a book called 'Sulba sutra', In this book he gave the method to accurately calculate dimensions for constructing altare needed for sacrifice.
  • These sacrificial pits were also called 'yagyavedis and were used for Vedic yagyas.
  • His book also contains analysis of several principles.
  • Aryabhatta is known as the father of Mathematics.
  • Aryabhatta wrote a book called 'Aryabhatiya', In this book he gave an approximate value of (pi) as $3.14$ or say $22/7$. He also suggested that (pi) is the constant which works as a multiplier in The equation of circumference and diameter of circle.
  • He also gave information about Ashtanga method of multiplication, addition, subtraction, square-root cube-root, etc.
  • Aryabhatta also wrote books like Dash Gitika' and 'Aryabhatiyam
  • In his book 'AryaSiddhanta, he had described the main principles of astronomy.
  • He also found the solution of various fundamentals of arithmetic and geometry.
  • Apart from this, many scholars have contributed various aspects of mathematics in their works and books.
  • Two of these scholars were Katyayan and Bhaskaracharya.

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