Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c7.146

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6) Garga, a scholar in astronomy. There is a place called Gargasrota on the banks of river Sarasvatī. Garga did tapas here and discovered some principles of astronomy such as the path of planets, stars etc. He was also the chief astronomer in the assembly of emperor Pṛthu. (Śānti Parva, Chapter 59, Verse 111).