Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s3.14

c4.s3.14

The relation of the two schools of Ujjain and and Mysore with Kusumpura is very interesting. A terrible famine is said to have raged for twelve years and devasted completely the Magadha country. As a result, one section of the Jaina community of Magadha headed by their priest Bhadrabāhu emigrated to South India (Mysore). On his way he passed through Ujjain and halted there for some time. This story is supported by the local tradition, several inscriptions (of 650 A.D.) and literature.¹ The connection between these three important schools of Hindu mathematics might thus be said to have been established in a very early times.