Comments on: Kerala School of Mathematics

By: maddy

maddy — Fri, 01 May 2009 22:29:22 +0000

JK
there are some serious arguments & much mud slinging on this topic of Arayabhata & where he was born. I will have a post up next week on this, hopefully it will place the divergent opinions on the same page for Biharis and Malayali’s to understand the reasoning if not decide which could possibly be right.

By: Kedar

Kedar — Fri, 01 May 2009 09:16:38 +0000

JK:
There is one huge gap in the Indian history:

The Mahabharata war was supposed to have happened according to various historians in 3100 BCE , or 2450 BCE or near 1500 BCE. Whatever the date, there is a huge gap and suddenly we see kingdoms like the 16 Mahajanapadas, and names Ajatashatru, Bimbisara, etc. in 600 BCE.

Also, the question of who was comtemporary of Alxeander when he attacked India? There were two Chandraguptas–Maurya, and Gupta. And neither Mauryan nor Gupta records have any mention on this I believe.

Do you think that it is possible that the westerners in 19th century who calibrated Indian History to tally with western civilisation made this mistake? Could Buddha, Mahavira, Maurya, Chanakya and hence Adi Sankara be much older than what is believed today?

By: jk

jk — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:43:50 +0000

Aryan, Proof? Quotes? References?

By: Aryan

Aryan — Fri, 01 May 2009 05:29:49 +0000

Aryabhatta was from near old Muziris in Kerala. Chanakya, Bhaskara, etc were also from Kerala

By: anuj

anuj — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:06:33 +0000

Aryabhatta and chanakya were born in Bihar man,patliputra.

By: lekshmi

lekshmi — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:16:42 +0000

If what I read is correct aryabhatta, bhaskara and chanakya were born in Kerala. I am not sure of the dates though. Just like shankaracharya, they all fled from kerala, not only in pursuit of their studies and field of work, but also because kerala had one of the worst decay in societies during their periods. Untouchability and blind brahminism ruled the society for very long years (several centuries in fact). To add to untouchability, divide of brahmins to shaivaists and vaishavaists was clearly seen in kerala. Shankaracharya who was born in such a period finally had to propound the unity of these two forms (advaita sidhanta). It would have been difficult to pursue any kind of study under such circumstances. Lot of scholars fled the state during these periods. Kerala had brahmins even before 500 AD because as per the story goes, this part of land was created by Parasurama and was donated to brahmins. Remember parasurama was a contemprory of Lord Rama.

By: Bihar

Bihar — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:57:41 +0000

That is all good and fine what he invested and what he wrote. But evidence points that he was born in Kusumpur/Patliputra (Patna). No one can take his birthpalce.

By: Simha

Simha — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 11:44:14 +0000

Bhaskara was from North Karnataka.

By: smurthy

smurthy — Mon, 17 May 2004 01:10:48 +0000

Aryabhata’s MacTutor biography (St. Andrews university) mentions that Al Biruni’s idea that there were two Aryabhatas is false, and there is only one Aryabhata. Strangely Dr. Bedekar of the Oriental Institute is quoted as saying that Bihar is Aryabhata’s birth place.

Could there have been two Aryabhatas, one born in Kerala, as written in most biographies, and one born in North India, maybe in Bihar, both mathematicians?

It would be an incredible coincidence.

By: datta

datta — Thu, 01 Apr 2004 10:17:47 +0000

aryabhata I was born in pusumpura which is near patna in todays bihar. that is for sure. regarding the date, he wrote the book aryabhatiya in 499 ad. this was when he was 22 years old. that makes him to be born in 477ad