[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981) › c5.s1.1 # Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c5.s1.1 Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c5.s1.1 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c5.s1.1) The earliest text of this genre that we have is the first chapter of Āryabhaṭa’s A entitled Gaṇitapāda.² In thirty-two verses he deals succinctly with a number of selected topics: the decimal place-value system of numbers; squares and cubes; square-roots and cube-roots; the areas of triangles, rectangles, trapezia, and circles, and the volume of a pyramid;³ chords and sines of arcs of a circle; π; - [Previous: c5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c5.3) - [Next: c5.s1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c5.s1.2) - [Up: c5.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c5.s1) ## Linked texts (1) - [Āryabhaṭīya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.aryabhatiya) — Āryabhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c5.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c5.s1.1) · Pramāṇa