[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) › c8.13 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c8.13 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c8.13 - **Language:** English ### [c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.13) Bhaskara invented the art of placing the numerator over the denominator in a fraction. He invented also √ (the radical sign). This was not known in Europe before Chuquet and Rudolff in the sixteenth century. - [Previous: c8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.12) - [Next: c8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.14) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.13) · Pramāṇa