Any account of the classical sciences of India must begin with mathematics, for, as the ancient Sanskrit text Vedanga Jyotisa (ca. fourth century B.C.E.) says, Like the crest on the peacock’s head, ...

Indian mathematicians and scientists made impressive innovations, especially in the first millennium C.E. Information from this unit could be used in math classes, ancient history classes, and those ...

Picture a time long before the digital age, when knowledge passed through vibrant discussions, scholarly debates, and profound teachings. The ancient universities of India were intellectual ...

Based on Xuanzang’s account, Nalanda Mahavihara had an observatory tower, which could have been used to track the movement of ...

The nature of mathematics is elucidated by one mathematician's account of how a memory word used by drummers in ancient India led him to the classic problem of the traveling salesman's route ...

and astronomer- mathematicians like Aryabhata (476-550 ... connecting little-known facts to known ones to bring out how ancient India was as great and as dynamic a civilisation as China was ...

Imagine an education system that not only prepared you for a career but taught you how to live a meaningful, balanced life. A system that valued wisdom over rote memorization, character over ...

The ancient universities of India were intellectual powerhouses that attracted scholars from distant lands interested in studying mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophy and medicine.