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Bhaskaracharya

Mathematician and astronomer

What they did

The Siddhanta Shiromani carries sine tables and spherical astronomy, and the Lilavati and Bijaganita treat arithmetic, algebra and indeterminate equations as a taught course.

The text

Surya Siddhanta

When

Twelfth century CE · century · established
The Siddhanta Shiromani gives its own date of composition

Where

Vijjadavida · The Deccan (probable)

Where it maps in modern education

Trigonometry · CBSE · ICSE · IGCSE · IB — Jya-ganita, inside Jyotisha. Sine and cosine tables, angular measure, spherical triangles used for the positions of sun, moon and planets.

Astronomy and astrophysics — Jyotisha — Ganita and Gola. Planetary theory, eclipse computation, spherical astronomy, instrument design and observation.

Evidence: probable · no modern scholarly reference recorded yet.