HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Maurya Period
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Gupta Period
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Nanda Period
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Sunga Period
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aryabhatta and Varahamihira lived during the Gupta Period. The Gupta period witnessed a brilliant activity in the sphere of mathematics, astronomy, astrology and medicine. Aryabhatta was a great mathematician and astronomer.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is a mathematician. During Gupta Age, Aryabhatta was a great mathematician. The Gupta period is unparalleled for its achievements in the field of mathematics and astronomy. Aryabhatta wrote Aryabhatiya and Suryasiddhanta.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aryabhatta was a great mathematician and astronomer. He wrote the book Aryabhatiya in 499 A.D. Varahamihira was born in 499 A.D. into a family of Brahmins settled at Kapittha, a village near Ujjain. His father, Adityadasa was a worshipper of the Sun god and it was he who taught Varahamihira astrology.
Detailed explanation-4: -Aryabhata (ISO: Āryabhaṭa) or Aryabhata I (476–550 CE) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer of the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy.