[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979) › c7.8 # Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c7.8 Mathematics in Ancient and Medieval India c7.8 - **Language:** English ### [c7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c7.8) This primitive method of solving simple linear equations of the type ax + b = 0 by subtituting guess values g₁, g₂ etc.¹ was in extensive use among the Arab and European mathematicians of the middle ages. The problem of this type dealt with in the \*Sthānāṅgasūtra\* using the term \*yāvat-tāvat\* for the unknown quantities has been discussed thoroughly by Datta². A solution to this problem also occurs in the \*Bakhshālī Ms\* ( 4th century A. D. ). - [Previous: c7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c7.7) - [Next: c7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c7.9) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c7) ## Cites (2) - [Ṭhāṇaṃga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.anga.3) — Sudharman, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit - [Bakhshālī Manuscript](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.ganita.patibija.pracina.bakhshali) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.bag-1979.c7.8) · Pramāṇa