Person

Aryabhata

Indian mathematician-astronomer

b. 476 CE – d. 550 CE World The Great Crossroads

Aryabhata 476–550 CE) is the first in the line of great mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy.

His works include the Aryabhatiya (499 CE, when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta.

The works of Aryabhata deal with mainly mathematics and astronomy.

He also works on the approximation for pi.