Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s3.t10.3

c4.s3.t10.3

There remains a great deal of controversy about his time and place of origin. Some scholar opined that he was a Ācārya Brāhmin of Bengal and a Saivite Hindu, and others assigned him to the South India. Neither of these views are considered tenable by Shukla.¹ From a comparative study of the works of Śrīdharācārya with those of Mahāvīra ( 850 A.D. ) and Āryabhaṭa II ( 950 A.D. ), he came to the conclusion that Śrīdharācārya flourished between c. 850 A.D. to 950 A.D.