Aryabhata or Aryabhata I was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers and early physicist from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya a
Statue of Aryabhatta of Bihar, or then Magadha
India's first satellite named after Aryabhata[citation needed]
Illustration of Aryabhatta
The Bakhshali manuscript is an ancient Indian mathematical text written on birch bark that was found in 1881 in the village of Bakhshali, Mardan. It is perhaps "the oldest extant manuscript in Indian
One of the Bakhshali manuscripts.
Bakhshali manuscript, detail of the numeral "zero".