- Mathematics originated in India as early as 200 BC during the Shulba period, where the Sulba Sutras were developed. This was a golden age of Indian mathematics that saw mathematicians like Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, and Bhaskara make significant contributions.
- Aryabhata, born in 476 AD, is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of ancient India. He made important discoveries regarding pi, the circumference of circles, areas of triangles, and sine and versine functions.
- Brahmagupta, born in 598 AD, made important contributions including the first recorded use of zero as a number and operations with negative numbers. He also described quadratic equations and identities