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On the campus of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), sits പ്രതിമ Aryabhata, heralded as one of India ' s first mathematicians and ജ്യോതിശാസ്ത്രജ്ഞർ. Aryabhatta developed നിരവധി incredibly useful equations, such as the equation to find the area of a triangle. Aryabhatta also developed the concept of zero. Aryabhata was born in the region lying between Narmada and Godavari, which was known as Ashmaka and is now identified with Maharashtra, though early Buddhist texts describe Ashmaka as being further south, dakShiNApath or the ഡക്കാണ്, while still other texts describe the Ashmakas as having fought Alexander, which would put them further north. Other traditions in India claim that he was from Kerala and that he സഞ്ചരിച്ച to the North, or that he was a Maga ബ്രാഹ്മണ from Gujarat.
However, it is fairly certain that at some point he went to Kusumapura for higher studies, and that he lived here for some time. Bhāskara ഞാൻ (629 C. E.) തിരിച്ചറിയുകയും Kusumapura പോലെ Pataliputra (ആധുനിക Patna). Kusumapura was later known as one of രണ്ട് പ്രധാന ഗണിത centers in India (Ujjain was the other). He lived there in the waning years of the Gupta empire, the time which is known as the golden age of India, when it was already under Hun ആക്രമണം വടക്കുകിഴക്കൻ, during the reign of Buddhagupta ചില ചെറിയ രാജാക്കന്മാർ മുമ്പ് Vishnugupta. Pataliputra ആയിരുന്നു. ആ സമയത്ത് capital of the Gupta empire, making it the center of communications network—ഈ ആക്ഷേപം അതിന്റെ ആളുകളെ learning and culture from around the world, and എളുപ്പമാക്കി the spread of any ശാസ്ത്രീയ മുന്നേറ്റങ്ങൾ by Aryabhata. അവന്റെ പ്രവൃത്തി ഒടുവിൽ എത്തി all across India and into the Islamic world.
തന്റെ ആദ്യ പേര്, "ആര്യ," is a term used for respect, അത്തരം "ശ്രീ," അതേസമയം Bhata ഒരു സാധാരണ വടക്കേ ഇന്ത്യൻ പേര്—കണ്ടെത്തി. ഇന്ന് സാധാരണയായി ഇടയിൽ "Bania" (അല്ലെങ്കിൽ trader) community in Bihar.
