Science & Cosmos
Aryabhata and the Spinning Earth
In 499 CE, a twenty-three-year-old proposed that the earth rotates and calculated pi to four decimal places.
Apr 15, 2024·9 min read
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Astronomy, mathematics, medicine, and the scientific achievements of classical Indian civilization.
Science & Cosmos
The Kerala School and the Birth of Calculus
Two centuries before Newton, a school of astronomer-mathematicians in Kerala discovered infinite series for pi and the trigonometric functions.
Mar 28, 2024·11 min read
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Ayurveda Beyond the Doshas
The classical texts describe a complete philosophy of medicine — diagnosis, ethics, ecology — far richer than the wellness industry's three body types.
Mar 18, 2024·8 min read
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Zero: India's Quiet Gift to the World
Every equation on earth now runs through a symbol first treated as a number in India — the discovery that nothing is something.
Feb 25, 2024·7 min read
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Jyotisha: How India Read the Heavens
The Vedanga of the heavens gave India its calendars, its eclipse predictions, and some of its finest mathematics.
Feb 4, 2024·8 min read