ARYABHATA

ARYABHATA

Aryabhata was an astronomer. He was born in Kerala. He studied at the University of Nalanda. He was honoured by the then Gupta ruler Buddhgupta and appointed the head of University.

Aryabhata gave the value of O (Pi) as 3.1416. He was the first to deduce that the earth is round and it rotates on its own axis creating day and nights. He also declared that moon is dark and shines only because sunlight. He believed that the earth is the centre of the universe.

Aryabata devised a method to express big numbers like 100,000,000 in words. He actually found a solution to the intermediate equations like ax-by=c.

Aryabhata’s legendary epic “Aryabahatiya” deals with the various aspects of mathematics and astronomical calculations. He wrote one more treatise “Aryabhata Siddhanta” which was a guide to determine auspicious times for various rituals. Indian’s first Satellite was name Aryabhata.