Creations born in Bhārat

Zero and chess, plastic surgery and shampoo, the Moon mission and the movies — Bhārat has been inventing for 5,000 years. Explore the creations that began on this soil and changed the world.

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ALL Mathematics & Astronomy · 2 Medicine · 2 Games & Play · 2 Everyday Inventions · 2 Textiles · 1 Modern Creations · 2

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Mathematics & Astronomy

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Mathematics & Astronomy

Aryabhata's Astronomy

आर्यभट का खगोलशास्त्र

Fifteen hundred years ago, Aryabhata declared that the Earth rotates on its axis, explained eclipses as shadows rather than demons, and calculated the length of the year and the value of pi with astonishing accuracy. Bhārat named its first satellite after him.

476 – 550 CE

Aryabhata, of Kusumapura (Patna)

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Mathematics & Astronomy

The Concept of Zero

शून्य

Without zero, there is no modern mathematics — and Bhārat gave the world zero. The ancient people of Bhārat developed the concept of shunya, 'emptiness', as a real number, invented the decimal place-value system, and thereby made arithmetic, science, and computers possible.

c. 5th – 7th c. CE

Aryabhata & Brahmagupta; rooted in earlier thought of Bhārat

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One land. Endless wonders.

Which story will you explore next? Every card below began on soil of Bhārat.

Aryabhata's Astronomy Ayurveda Buttons Chaturanga — the Original Chess cinema of Bhārat Cotton & Calico ISRO & the Space Programme Moksha Patam — Snakes & Ladders Shampoo (Champu) Sushruta's Surgery The Concept of Zero