Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c4.s3.t11.1

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The *Mahābhāskarīya*², an astronomical work in eighteen chapters of Āryabhaṭa II dealt various problems of mathematical interest, besides preliminary operations. The work was written in 950 A.D. Āryabhaṭa II mentions separately about three branches of mathematics viz. *pāṭī*, *kuṭṭaka* and *bīja* in his *Mahāsiddhānta* ( ch. 1,v.¹ ). Chapter XV of his treatise contains the *pāṭīgaṇita* and chapter XVIII deals with *kuṭṭaka*. In solving the quadratic, he followed the method of Āryabhaṭa I and Brahmagupta. He advised some corrections in the treatment of solution of simultaneous indeterminate equations of first degree. The high estimation of the subject of *kuṭṭaka* continued so distinctly after Āryabhaṭa II that the subject received special treatment at the hands of Hindu workers after Āryabhaṭa II onwards.