[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970) › v1.c7.387 # Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.387 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit, Series A v1.c7.387 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c7.387](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.387) \*ĀRYABHAṬA\* (b. 476; fl. 499) Āryabhaṭa himself states (\*Gaṇitapāda\* 1) that he wrote the \*Āryabhaṭīya\* in Kusumapura (= Pāṭalipura, modern Patna) and that he was twenty-three years old in Kali 3600 (= A.D. 499) (\*Kālakriyā\* 10). The statement of Nīlakaṇṭha (b. 1443) that he was born in the Āśmakajanapada (on \*Gaṇitapāda\* 1) probably refers to his predecessor as commentator, Bhāskara (fl. 629). He wrote two works: the \*Āryabhaṭīya\* influenced particularly South India, his \*ārdharātrika\* system North-west India, Īrān, and the early ‘Abbāsid caliphate. - [Previous: v1.c7.386](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.386) - [Next: v1.c7.388](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.388) - [Up: v1.c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7) ## Cites (1) - [Āryabhaṭīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.aryabhatiya.1) — Āryabhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.387](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1970.v1.c7.387) · Pramāṇa