India
Mathematicians
- Baudhayana (fl. 700 B.C.E.)
- Apastamba (fl. 600)
- Katyayana (fl. 500)
- Umaswati (fl. 150 B.C.E.)
- Aryabhata (476-c. 550 C.E.)
- Varahamihira (c. 505-c. 558)
- Brahmagupta (c. 598-c. 670)
- Govindaswami (c. 800-850)
- Mahavira (Mahaviracharya) (fl. 850)
- Pruthudakaswami (fl. 850)
- Sridhara (fl. 900)
- Manjula (fl. 930)
- Aryabhata II (fl. 950)
- Prashastidhara (fl. 958)
- Halayudha (fl. 975)
- Jayadeva (fl. 1000)
- Sripathi (fl. 1039)
- Hemachandra Suri (b. 1089)
- Bhaskara (1114-c. 1185)
- Cangadeva (fl. 1205)
- Madhava of Sangamagramma (c. 1340-1425)
- Narayama Pandit (fl. 1350)
- Paramesvara (1360-1455)
- Nilakantha Somayaji (1455-1555)
- Sankara Variar (c. 1500-1560)
- Narayana (c. 1500-1575)
- Jyesthadeva (fl. 1550)
- Acyuta Pisarati (c. 1550-1621)
- Putumana Somayaji (c. 1660-1740)
- Jaganath Pandit (fl. 1700)
- Sankara Varman (fl. 1800)
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