List of Indian Mathematicians - Classical

Classical

Post-Vedic sanskrit

to Pala period mathematicians (5th c. BC to 11th c. AD)
  • Aryabhata – Astronomer who gave accurate calculations for astronomical constants, 476AD-520AD
  • Bhaskara I
  • Brahmagupta – Helped bring the concept of zero into arithmetic (598 AD-670 AD)
  • Mahavira
  • Pavuluri Mallana – the first Telugu Mathematician
  • Varahamihira
  • Shridhara (between 650–850) – Gave a good rule for finding the volume of a sphere.
  • Bhaskara II
  • Hemachandra
  • Pingala
  • Panini

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