[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918) › c11.2 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c11.2 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c11.2 - **Language:** English ### [c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c11.2) VACHASPATI (A.D. 850), the Doctor of Nyaya (logic), anticipated in a rudimentary way the principle of co-ordinate (solid) geometry eight centuries before Descartes (1596-1650). - [Previous: c10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c10.7) - [Next: c11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c11.3) - [Up: c11](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c11.2) · Pramāṇa