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Ramanujan
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Bhaskaracharya
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Aryabhata
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Brahmagupta
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Detailed explanation-1: -PARIS: A bronze bust of ancient Indian mathematician and astronomer Aryabhatta has been unveiled at the UNESCO Headquarters here. The bust, sculpted by renowned Indian sculptor Ram Sutar, was unveiled yesterday by HRD Minister Smriti Irani .
Detailed explanation-2: -Statue of Aryabhata at the IUCAA, Pune (although there is no historical record of his appearance). Kusumapura, Pataliputra (present day Patna, Bihar).
Detailed explanation-3: -Aryabhata, also called Aryabhata I or Aryabhata the Elder, (born 476, possibly Ashmaka or Kusumapura, India), astronomer and the earliest Indian mathematician whose work and history are available to modern scholars.
Detailed explanation-4: -Aryabhatta (476–550 CE) was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Aryabhattya (499 CE, when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta.