Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c13.3

c13.3

(1) Gravity: In astronomical works, e.g., of Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, and Bhaskara, the movement of a falling body is known to be caused by gravity. They ascribed gravity to the attraction exercised by the earth on a material body. But Newton's "law" of gravitation was not anticipated,