Astronomical tradition · 500 BCE – 1500 CE
Indian Astronomy
History of Astronomy
Overview
The Indian astronomical tradition produced sophisticated mathematical astronomy in Sanskrit treatises (siddhantas). Aryabhata and his successors modelled planetary motion, computed eclipses, and proposed that the Earth rotates on its axis.
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Knowledge connections
- ContainsAryabhata
- ContainsAryabhatiya
- Part ofAncient Astronomy
Sources & references
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- BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica
General reference for the history of astronomy, biographies, and cultural context.