Historical Figure

Varahamihira

Indian mathematician-astronomer-astrologer (505–587)

About Varahamihira

Varāhamihira, also called Varāha or Mihira, was an ancient Indian mathematician, astrologer-astronomer who lived in or around Ujjain in present-day Madhya Pradesh, India.Wikipedia ↗

Associated Events

Empire320 CE – c. 550 CE

Gupta Empire

India's classical Golden Age, during which art, literature, mathematics, and science flourished. Aryabhata approximated pi to four decimal places (3.1416) and proposed that the Earth rotates on its axis; the decimal place-value number system was developed; Kalidasa wrote Shakuntala.