Aryabhatta Biography, Achievements and Facts.
                     ARYABHATTA: 
BIOGRAPHY, 
ACHIEVEMENTS 
AND FACTS
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Who was 
Aryabhata?
Aryabhata was an 
acclaimed 
mathematician-
astronomer. He was 
born in Kusumapura 
(present day Patna) 
in Bihar, India.
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Childhood
Aryabhata’s birthplace 
is uncertain, but it 
may have been in the 
area known in 
ancient texts as 
Ashmaka, which may 
have been 
Maharashtra or 
Dhaka or in 
Kusumapura in 
present day Patna.
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Early Life
He went to Kusumapura 
for advanced studies 
and lived there for 
some time. Both Hindu 
and Buddhist traditions, 
as well as Bhaskar I, 
the 7th Century 
mathematician, identify 
Kusumapura as modern 
Patna.
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Career 
A verse mentions that 
Aryabhata was the 
head of an institution 
(kulapa) at 
Kusumapura. Since, the 
University of Nalanda 
was in Pataliputra, and 
had an astronomical 
observatory; it is 
probable that he was 
its head too.
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Approximati
on for pi
He worked on the 
approximation for pi 
thus — add four to 100, 
multiply by eight, and 
then add 62,000, the 
circumference of a 
circle with a diameter 
of 20,000 can be 
approached.
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Contribution 
to Algebra
His contribution to the 
study of Algebra is 
immense. In 
Aryabhatiya, Aryabhata 
provided elegant 
results for the 
summation of series of 
squares and cubes 
through well tried 
formulae.
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Contribution 
to 
Astronomy
His system of astronomy 
was called the audayaka 
system, in which days 
are reckoned from uday, 
dawn at lanka or 
“equator”. His later 
writings, which 
apparently proposed the 
ardha-rAtrikA, or 
midnight model, are 
lost.
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Major Works
Aryabhata’s major work, 
Aryabhatiya, a 
compendium of 
mathematics and 
astronomy, was 
extensively referred to in 
the Indian mathematical 
literature, and has 
survived to modern times. 
The Aryabhatiya covers 
arithmetic, algebra, and 
trigonometry.
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Personal 
Life
Aryabhata’s work was of 
great influence in the 
Indian astronomical 
tradition and influenced 
several neighboring 
cultures through 
translations. Some of 
his works are cited by 
Al-Khwarizmi, and in 
the 10th century by Al-
Biruni.
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Trivia
Named after the great 
Indian astronomer of 
the same name, India’s 
first satellite’s image 
used to appear on the 
reverse of Indian 2-
rupee banknotes.
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