History of Hindu Mathematics: A Source Book v1.c8.s4.9

v1.c8.s4.9

**Methods of Multiplication.** Āryabhaṭa I does not mention the common methods of multiplication, probably because they were too elementary and too well-known to be included in a Siddhānta work. Brahmagupta, however, in a supplement to the section on mathematics in his Siddhānta, gives the names of some methods with very brief descriptions of the processes: