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The Ramaka Sidhanta and Paulisa Siddhanta, freely alluded to by the great Indian astronomer Varahmihira, indicate:
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Knowledge of Roman geography
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Adoption of western astronomical terms by the Indian astronomers
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Close interaction between Roman and Indian astronomers
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Roman influence on Indian astronomy
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -(b) India‘s ancient Astronomers Aryabhatta (476-550 A.D), Varahamihira (505-587 A.D), Brahmagupta (598-668 A.D), Bhaskara-1 (600-680.
Detailed explanation-2: -Aryabhata I (ad 476) is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers of ancient India. He dominated the ancient Indian mathematical world as Plato did the Greek philosophical world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Indian Astronomy, Astrology and the Vedas The ancient Indian astronomers used the stars and the planets to create astrological charts and read omens, devising sophisticated mathematical models and developing many interesting theories, many of which passed into the Islamic world and Europe.
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