Aryabhata I (ad 476) is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers of ancient India.
He dominated the ancient Indian mathematical world as Plato did the Greek philosophical world.,Ancient Indian astronomy may be classified into two main categories: (1) the vedic astronomy and (2) the post vedic astronomy.
The vedic astronomy is the astronomy of the vedic period i.e.
the astronomy found in the vedic saṃhitas and brāhmanas and allied literature.,In ancient India, the science of astronomy was well advanced.
It was called Khagolshastra.
Khagol was the famous astronomical observatory at Nalanda, where Aryabhatta studied.
In fact science of astronomy was highly advanced and our ancestors were proud of it.,Indian Astronomy, Astrology and the Vedas
The ancient Indian astronomers used the stars and the planets to create astrological charts and read omens, devising sophisticated mathematical models and developing many interesting theories, many of which passed into the Islamic world and Europe.,The ancient Indian astronomers used the stars and the planets to create astrological charts and read omens, devising sophisticated mathematical models and developing many interesting theories, many of which passed into the Islamic world and Europe.,The first records of sophisticated astronomy in India date back to at least 2000 BCE, where they are found in the Rigveda (c1700-1100 BCE), one of the primary and foremost texts of Hinduism.
