Aryabhatta

Aryabhatta was only 23 when he composed his mathematical treatise– Aryabhatiya. The entire script was written in Sanskrit and hence reads like a poetic verse rather than a practical manual.

Till his last days, he served as the Chairman of the governing council of the Physical Research Laboratory in Ahmedabad and the Chancellor of the Indian Institute of Science and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram.

Mathematics is often one of the most dreaded and hated subjects in school. However, the people of ancient India absolutely loved the subject, and made great discoveries and inventions in it that have stood the test of time.