Marcus du Sautoy visits an ancient Indian observatory, and explores how Indian mathematicians used trigonometry to make celestial observations. Using examples in right angled triangles ...

Pataliputra (Patna), was the place of congregation of the mathematicians in India since the early fifth century. The famous Indian mathematician and astronomer Aryabhata (476-550 CE) was thought ...

1. National Mathematics Day in India is celebrated in honour of which famous mathematician? a) Aryabhata b) Ramanujan c) Bhaskaracharya d) Shakuntala Devi Answer: b) Ramanujan 2. What was the name ...

National mathematics day is celebrated every year in India on December 22 to honour the memory of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan. Ramanujan was born in Tamil Nadu’s Erode district on ...