[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) › c8.3 # Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c8.3 Hindu Achievements in Exact Science: A Study in the History of Scientific Development c8.3 - **Language:** English ### [c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.3) The mathematician who systematized the earlier algebraic knowledge of the Hindus and thus became the founder of a new science is Aryabhata (born A.D. 476 at Pataliputra on the Ganges in Eastern India). He was thus over a century later than Diophantus; but Smith proves that neither in methods nor in achievements could the Greek be the inspirer of the Hindu.³³ - [Previous: c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.2) - [Next: c8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.4) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarkar-1918.c8.3) · Pramāṇa