2. • Aryabhata was born in 475 A.D. he wrote many books
which still help us in performing various calculations
Furthermore his birthplace was not sure, but in his book
the ‘Aryabhatiya’. He mentions that he was a native of
Kusumapura the modern-day Patna.
3. • Aryabhata contributed greatly to the field of mathematics.
For instance, he was responsible for discovering various
trigonometrical functions which are useful for us in the
modern era too discovery for the value of ‘pi’ eased the
complications in mathematics. .
4. ARYABHATA CONTRIBUTED IMMENSELY
TOWARDS ASTRONOMY
• He proposed the heliocentric theory which states the
planets revolve around the Sun.
• One of his major discoveries in the field of astronomy was
the sidereal year which states that it should be 365 days, 6
hours, 12 minutes and 30 seconds in a year. This deviates
from the present day value by only 3 minutes and 20
seconds.
5. • He founded the place value system and zero which are one
of his major contributions in the history of mathematics.
• Aryabhata also explained the solar and lunar eclipses in his
book. He explained in his book that the lunar eclipse and
the solar eclipse takes by the shadow-casting of the earth
and the moon.
