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Aryabhattais the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in Kerala, South India in 476 ADbut later lived in Kusumapura, which his commentator Bhaskara I (629 AD) identifies with pataliputra (modern Patna) in Bihar.

His first name “Arya” is hardly a south Indian name while “Bhatt” (or Bhatta) is a typical north Indian name even found today specially among the trader community.

Aryabhattastudied at the University of Nalanda.

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One of his major works was Aryabhatiyawritten in 499 AD. His book aryabhatiya covers astronomical and mathematical theories in which the earth was taken to be spinning on its axis and the periods of the planets were given with respect to the sun. Aryabhatta believes that the moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight and he also believes that the orbits of the planets are ellipses.

He correctly explains the causes of eclipses of the Sun and the Moon. His value f Aryabhatiya Of Aryabhatta ( English Translation) Kripa ... PYG