Brahmagupta childhood

Brahmagupta c. Brahmagupta, according to his own statement, was born in CE. He was the son of Jishnugupta and was a Hindu by religion, in particular, a Shaivite. Prithudaka Svamin , a later commentator, called him Bhillamalacharya , the teacher from Bhillamala. Bhillamala was the capital of the Gurjaradesa , the second-largest kingdom of Western India, comprising southern Rajasthan and northern Gujarat in modern-day India.

It was also a centre of learning for mathematics and astronomy.

Aryabhatta contribution in mathematics

He became an astronomer of the Brahmapaksha school, one of the four major schools of Indian astronomy during this period. He studied the five traditional Siddhantas on Indian astronomy as well as the work of other astronomers including Aryabhata I , Latadeva, Pradyumna, Varahamihira , Simha, Srisena, Vijayanandin and Vishnuchandra.

Scholars state that he incorporated a great deal of originality into his revision, adding a considerable amount of new material. A good deal of it is astronomy, but it also contains key chapters on mathematics, including algebra, geometry, trigonometry and algorithmics, which are believed to contain new insights due to Brahmagupta himself.

Later, Brahmagupta moved to Ujjaini , Avanti , [ 12 ] a major centre for astronomy in central India.

Facts about brahmagupta

Prithudaka Svamin wrote commentaries on both of his works, rendering difficult verses into simpler language and adding illustrations. Lalla and Bhattotpala in the 8th and 9th centuries wrote commentaries on the Khanda-khadyaka. The kingdom of Bhillamala seems to have been annihilated but Ujjain repulsed the attacks. The court of Caliph Al-Mansur — received an embassy from Sindh, including an astrologer called Kanaka, who brought possibly memorised astronomical texts, including those of Brahmagupta.

An immediate outcome was the spread of the decimal number system used in the texts.