![]() He lived and worked there for a good part of his life. He was the son of Jishnugupta and was a Hindu by religion, in particular, a Shaivite. He lived in Bhillamāla in Gurjaradesa (modern Bhinmal in Rajasthan, India) during the reign of the Chavda dynasty ruler, Vyagrahamukha. īrahmagupta was born in 598 CE according to his own statement. In 628 CE, Brahmagupta first described gravity as an attractive force, and used the term "gurutvākarṣaṇam (गुरुत्वाकर्षणम्)" in Sanskrit to describe it. As no proofs are given, it is not known how Brahmagupta's results were derived. ![]() The texts composed by Brahmagupta were in elliptic verse in Sanskrit, as was common practice in Indian mathematics. ![]() ![]() He is the author of two early works on mathematics and astronomy: the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta (BSS, "correctly established doctrine of Brahma", dated 628), a theoretical treatise, and the Khaṇḍakhādyaka ("edible bite", dated 665), a more practical text.īrahmagupta was the first to give rules for computing with zero. 668 CE) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. Virtually all subsequent mathematics particularly Indian and Islamic mathematicsīrahmagupta ( c. ![]()
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