Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s3.16

c4.s3.16

Some scholars² have claimed Āryabhaṭa I and Bhāskara I as residents of Kerala on the grounds that practically all the important astronomical and mathematical works produced in Kerala follow the Āryabhaṭa school, and works of these ancient authorities have been very popular in that part of India as indicated by the existence of a large number of their manuscripts and commentaries there on. Bhāskara I's reference to *Āryasiddhānta* as *Asmaka-* *tantra* also testifies that the work was written in Asmakadeśa in Kerala. But from Āryabhaṭa I's own statement, *kusumpure abhyarcitam jñānam* (*Āryabhaṭīya*, Gaṇita, v. 1) it is not unlikely to presume that after his lesson was over at the school of Kusumpura, Āryabhaṭa returned to his native place at Kerala where he established a school and wrote his mathematical works. Bhāskara I was more popular in the South India than in the North (vide Bhāskara I) but there is no mention of any place in Kerala as the seat of his activities.