[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Indian Mathematics](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915) › c12.6 # Indian Mathematics c12.6 Indian Mathematics c12.6 - **Language:** English ### [c12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c12.6) The flourishing state of the Gupta empire, the greatest in India since the days of Asoka, and the wise influence of its principal rulers gave a great impetus to scholarship of all kinds. The numerous embassies to and from foreign countries—which were means of intellectual as well as political communication—no doubt contributed to the same end; and the knowledge of Greek works displayed by Āryabhaṭa, Varāha Mihira, and Brahmagupta was one of the natural results of this renaissance of learning. - [Previous: c12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c12.5) - [Next: c12.s1.t1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c12.s1.t1.1) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1915.c12.6) · Pramāṇa