Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya)
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Bhaskara II (Bhaskaracharya) 🇮🇳

भास्कराचार्य (Known as "Master of Lilavati & Medieval Calculus")
Mathematician, Head of Ujjain Observatory, Precursor of Calculus
Born 1114 CE 🇮🇳 Bijapur (Karnataka) / Vijjadavida, India
Passed Away 1185 CE Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh), India
Lifespan 71 years old
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"In this quantity also which has zero as its divisor there is no alteration, though many may be inserted or extracted; as no change takes place in the infinite God."

Archival Overview

Preeminent medieval Indian mathematician who authored the Siddhanta Shiromani and Lilavati, solving Pell's equation (Chakravala method) and discovering differential calculus principles.

Biographical Record

Bhaskara II (1114–1185 CE), born in southern India, became chief astronomer of the renowned astronomical observatory in Ujjain. In 1150 CE, at age 36, he completed his magnum opus, the four-part Siddhanta Shiromani, comprising *Lilavati* (arithmetic), *Bijaganita* (algebra), *Grahaganita* (astronomy), and *Goladhyaya* (spherical trigonometry).

Bhaskaracharya formulated the *Chakravala* cyclic algorithm to solve indeterminate quadratic equations five centuries before Euler. In celestial motion, he conceived differential coefficients and demonstrated that the instantaneous velocity of a planet vanishes at its extreme orbit, directly anticipating the core theorems of differential calculus.

Key Life Milestones

1150 CE

Completion of the 'Siddhanta Shiromani'

Authored his four-part mathematical masterpiece including 'Lilavati' and 'Bijaganita' on advanced algebraic analysis.

c. 1160 CE

Discovery of Differential Rates of Planetary Motion

Formulated early differential calculus principles showing that instantaneous motion reaches zero at peak apogee.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Patnadevi Temple Memorial Inscription
Chalisgaon (Maharashtra), India
GPS: 20.4611, 74.9967
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