List of Indian mathematicians

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The chronology of Indian mathematics spans from the Indus valley civilization and the Vedas to Modern times.

Indian mathematicians have made a number of significant contributions to mathematics including place-value arithmetical notation and the concept of zero.

Contents 1 Vedic 2 Classical 3 Medieval to Mughal period 4 Born in 1800s 5 Born in 1900s

[edit] Vedic

• the Shatapatha Brahmana contains calculations related to altar construction.
• Panini, ca. 5th c. BC, Algebraic grammarian

[edit] Classical

Post-Vedic Sanskrit to Pala period mathematicians (5th c. BC to 11th c. AD)

• Aryabhata - Astronomer who gave accurate calculations for astronomical constants, 476-520
• Brahmagupta - Helped bring the concept of zero into arithmetic
• Matanga Muni - Combinatorics in music

• Shridhara (between 650-850) - Gave a good rule for finding the volume of a sphere.

[edit] Medieval to Mughal period

13th century to 1800.

• Gangesha Upadhyaya, 13th century, Logician, mithila school
• Pakshadhara, son of Gangehsa, Logician, Mithila school
• Shankara Mishra, Logician, Mithila school
• Narayana Pandit
• Madhava - Discovered some elements of Calculus
• Parameshvara (1360-1455), discovered drk-ganita, a mathematical model of astronomy based on observations, Madhava's Kerala school
• Nilakantha Somayaji,1444-1545 - Mathematician and Astronomer, Madhava's Kerala school
• Mahendra Suri (14th century)
• Shankara Variyar (c. 1530)
• Vasudeva Sarvabhauma, 1450-1525, Logician, Navadvipa school
• Raghunatha Shiromani, (1475-1550), Logician, Navadvipa school
• Jyeshtadeva , 1500-1610, Author of Yuktibhasa, Madhava's Kerala school
• Achyuta Pisharati, 1550-1621, Astronomer/mathematician, Madhava's Kerala school
• Mathuranatha Tarkavagisha, c. 1575, Logician, Navadvipa school
• Jagadisha Tarkalankara, c. 1625, Logician, Navadvipa school
• Gadadhara Bhattacharya, c. 1650, Logician, Navadvipa school
• Munishvara (17th century)
• Kamalakara (1657)
• Jagannatha Samrat (1730)

[edit] Born in 1800s

• Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920)
• A. A. Krishnaswami Ayyangar (1892-1953)
• Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)
• Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974)
• Sanjeev Shah (1803- 1896)
• Raghunath Purushottam Paranjape

[edit] Born in 1900s

• Vijay Manohar (1901-1987)
• S. N. Roy (1906-1966)
• Sarvadaman Chowla (1907-1995)
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995)
• D.K. Ray-Chaudhuri
• Harish-Chandra (1923-1983)
• C. R. Rao (1920-)
• Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar (1930-)
• Ramdas Lotu Bhirud(1937-1997)
• Jayant Narlikar (1930-)
• Vijay Kumar Patodi (1945-1976)
• Narendra Karmarkar (1957-)
• M.V. Subbarao (1921-2006)
• Navin M. Singhi
• S. S. Shrikhande
• Raj Chandra Bose
• Parthasarathy, K. R.
• Ramenjit Singh