INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As described by al-Biruni, the 11th-century Persian scholar and polymath, a text named the Surya Siddhanta was written by Lātadeva, a student of Aryabhatta I.

Detailed explanation-2: -In an article in IndiaFacts and two presentations [1–3], Nilesh N. Oak and Rupa Bhaty have claimed that astronomical text Sūrya Siddhānta contains information that can be dated to 12, 000 BCE.

Detailed explanation-3: -Surya Siddhanta, a text on astronomy written in Sanskrit, was presented in the court of Al-Mansur, the second Caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, along with certain other texts. Fascinated by its content, the Caliph had ordered the Arab scholar and astronomer Muhammad Al-Fazari to get it translated into Arabic, Mr.

Detailed explanation-4: -sine tabulation …of an astronomical handbook, the Surya Siddhanta, had tabulated the sine function (unknown in Greece) for every 33/4° of arc from 33/4° to 90°. (See South Asian mathematics.) … definition) is found in the Surya Siddhanta, a Hindu astronomical handbook from the 4th or 5th century ad.