INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Quick Info. Varahamihira was an Indian astrologer whose main work was a treatise on mathematical astronomy which summarised earlier astronomical treatises. He discovered a version of Pascal’s triangle and worked on magic squares.

Detailed explanation-2: -Varahamihira was an Indian astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher. Varahamihira was one of the nine gems(navaratna) of the court of Chandragupta II. He was born in 499 A.D. in Ujjain. During the Gupta age, he wrote the famous book Brihat Samhita which was a treatise on astronomy.