The Indian Knowledge System (IKS) division under the Union education ministry has announced two student competitions –– one to create miniature, working models of ancient astronomical instruments to ...

The curriculum combines astronomy, mythology, and mathematics, covering ancient observatories. Ancient Indian knowledge systems like Kala Ganpana (traditional timekeeping), Bharatiya Bijganit (Indian ...

Scholars highlight India’s foundational contributions to mathematics, including zero, sine functions, Pythagoras’ theorem and the fibonacci sequence, documented in ancient manuscripts long before ...

FOR too long the history of mathematics in India was studied only by scholars suffering under the almost insuperable handicap of belonging to an alien civilization ; but recently a number of Indian ...

The University Grants Commission’s draft mathematics curriculum, 2025, unveiled in August, has sparked a debate around its skewed emphasis on ancient knowledge systems over core subjects. Designed for ...

Any account of the classical sciences of India must begin with mathematics, for, as the ancient Sanskrit text Vedanga Jyotisa (ca. fourth century B.C.E.) says, Like the crest on the peacock’s head, ...

Undergraduate students are set have an opportunity to study ancient Indian mathematics as the University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended allowing universities to offer courses on traditional ...

The University Grants Commission’s draft mathematics curriculum, 2025, unveiled in August, has sparked a debate around its skewed emphasis on ancient knowledge systems over core subjects. Designed for ...

New Delhi: Undergraduate students may now have the opportunity to study ancient Indian mathematics. The University Grants Commission (UGC), under its draft curriculum, has recommended allowing ...