[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) › c12.2 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c12.2 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c12.2 - **Language:** English ### [c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c12.2) BHASKARACHARYA anticipated Newton (1642–1727) by over five hundred years (1) in the discovery of the principles of differential calculus and (2) in its application to astronomical problems and computations. - [Previous: c11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c11.6) - [Next: c12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c12.3) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c12) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c12.2) · Pramāṇa