India

Mathematicians

• Baudhayana (fl. 700 B.C.E.)

• Apastamba (fl. 600)

• Katyayana (fl. 500)

• Umaswati (fl. 150 B.C.E.)

• Aryabhata (476-c. 550 C.E.)

• Varahamihira (c. 505-c. 558)

• Brahmagupta (c. 598-c. 670)

• Govindaswami (c. 800-850)

• Mahavira (Mahaviracharya) (fl. 850)

• Pruthudakaswami (fl. 850)

• Sridhara (fl. 900)

• Manjula (fl. 930)

• Aryabhata II (fl. 950)

• Prashastidhara (fl. 958)

• Halayudha (fl. 975)

• Jayadeva (fl. 1000)

• Sripathi (fl. 1039)

• Hemachandra Suri (b. 1089)

• Bhaskara (1114-c. 1185)

• Cangadeva (fl. 1205)

• Madhava of Sangamagramma (c. 1340-1425)

• Narayama Pandit (fl. 1350)

• Paramesvara (1360-1455)

• Nilakantha Somayaji (1455-1555)

• Sankara Variar (c. 1500-1560)

• Narayana (c. 1500-1575)

• Jyesthadeva (fl. 1550)

• Acyuta Pisarati (c. 1550-1621)

• Putumana Somayaji (c. 1660-1740)

• Jaganath Pandit (fl. 1700)

• Sankara Varman (fl. 1800)

Bibliography

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