[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) › c13.3 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c13.3 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c13.3 - **Language:** English ### [c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.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, - [Previous: c13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.2) - [Next: c13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.4) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c13.3) · Pramāṇa