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1064:Lokavibhaga
1010:Aryabhatiya
808:Jyeṣṭhadeva
793:Brahmagupta
778:Bhāskara II
763:Āryabhaṭa I
747:Yajnavalkya
653:(Haridatta)
615:Kadathanadu
355:Jyeṣṭhadeva
301:Astronomers
235:12 December
210:12 December
151:12 December
132:12 December
86:Chapter 2:
43:Yuktibhasha
1459:Categories
1282:T. Hayashi
1165:Pioneering
1148:Yuktibhāṣā
1071:Pātīgaṇita
1022:Bijaganita
979:Ravi Vakil
833:Munishvara
813:Kamalakara
788:Brahmadeva
773:Bhāskara I
722:Baudhayana
651:Tirunavaya
539:Yuktibhāṣā
513:Pañcabodha
454:Drigganita
450:Dasādhyāyi
420:Vararuci I
325:Citrabhānu
184:References
38:arithmetic
1311:S. N. Sen
1219:New Delhi
1141:Veṇvāroha
1002:Treatises
803:Halayudha
756:Classical
727:Katyayana
717:Apastamba
633:Peruvanam
609:Alathiyur
603:Athavanad
534:Venvaroha
458:Dṛkkaraṇa
434:Treatises
350:Haridatta
335:Devācārya
1227:Varanasi
1185:zero (0)
1057:Līlāvatī
924:C.R. Rao
888:Virasena
868:Sridhara
838:Narayana
823:Mahāvīra
627:Kudallur
467:Golasara
464:Golavada
162:See also
70:Contents
48:Līlāvatī
27:Sanskrit
1366:Babylon
1199:Centres
863:Śrīpati
742:Pingala
710:Ancient
30:lexicon
1395:Modern
1386:Europe
1376:Greece
1223:Ujjain
1215:Jaipur
897:Modern
737:Pāṇini
732:Manava
1371:China
1444:TIFR
237:2023
212:2023
153:2023
134:2023
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