List of Indian mathematicians

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The chronology of Indian mathematics spans from the Indus valley civilization and the Vedas to Modern times.

Indian mathematicians have made outstanding contributions to the development of mathematics as we know it today. The Indian decimal notation of numbers, concept of zero have probably provided some of the biggest impetus' to advances in the field. Concepts from India were carried to the Middle East, where they studied extensively. From there they made their way to Europe.

Unfortunately, some concepts of Indian origin have not been given due acknowledgement in modern history, with some discoveries/inventions by Indian mathematicians now attributed to their western counterparts. Some historians have argued that much of modern mathematics was either originally developed by Indian mathematicians or most probably known to them during periods of rapid mathematical development during the 19th and 20th century.

This remains an open question, and much more research still needs to be done. There exist significant bodies of mathematically fluent scientists and engineers within India that are testimony to the general mathematical educational standards within that nation.

1 BC
2 AD 1-1000
3 1000-1800
4 Born in 1800s
5 Born in 1900s

[edit] BC

Yajnavalkya, the author of the altar mathematics of the Shatapatha Brahmana.
Lagadha - Author of a 1350 BC text on Vedic astronomy
Baudhayana, 800 BC
Manava, 750 BC
Apastamba, 700 BC
Aksapada Gautama, 550 BC, Logician
Katyayana, 400 BC
Panini, 400 BC, Algebraic grammarian
Pingala, 5th century BC
Bharata Muni, 4th century BC, combinatorics in music

[edit] AD 1-1000

Aryabhata - Astronomer who gave very accurate calculations for astronomical constants, 476-520
Varahamihira
Bhaskara I, 620
Brahmagupta - Helped bring the concept of zero into arithmetic
Matanga Muni - Combinatorics in music
Virahanka (8th century) - Gave explicit rules for the Fibonacci series.
Shridhara (between 650-850) - Gave a good rule for finding the volume of a sphere.
Lalla, 720-790
Govindsvamin (9th century)
Virasena
Mahavira (9th century)
Jayadeva (9th century)
Prithudaka, 9th century
Halayudha, 10th century
Aryabhata II, 920-1000
Vateshvara (10th century)
Manjula, 930

[edit] 1000-1800

Brahmadeva, 1060-1130
Sripati, 1019-1066
Gopala - Studied Fibonacci numbers before Fibonacci
Hemachandra - Also studied Fibonacci numbers before Fibonacci
Bhaskara II - Conceived of Differential Calculus
Gangesha Upadhyaya, 13th century, Logician, Mithila school
Pakshadhara, sone of Gangehsa, Logician, Mithila school
Shankara Mishra, Logician, Mithila school
Narayana Pandit
Madhava - Considered the father of mathematical analysis, Founded some concepts of Calculus
Parameshvara (1360-1455), discovered drk-ganita, a mathematical model of astronomy based on observations, Madhava's Kerala school
Nilakantha Somayaji,1444-1545 - Mathematician and Astronomer, Madhava's Kerala school
Mahendra Suri (14th century)
Shankara Variyar (c. 1530)
Vasudeva Sarvabhauma, 1450-1525, Logician, Navadvipa school
Raghunatha Shiromani, (1475-1550), Logician, Navadvipa school
Jyeshtadeva , 1500-1610, Author of Yuktibhasa, the world's first calculus text, Madhava's Kerala school
Achyuta Pisharati, 1550-1621, Astronomer/mathematician, Madhava's Kerala school
Mathuranatha Tarkavagisha, c. 1575, Logician, Navadvipa school
Jagadisha Tarkalankara, c. 1625, Logician, Navadvipa school
Gadadhara Bhattacharya, c. 1650, Logician, Navadvipa school
Munishvara (17th century)
Kamalakara (1657)
Jagannatha Samrat (1730)