Aryabhata: Astronomical & Mathematical Evidence for his Place in Kerala

Study appearing in Matrubhumi weekly: 18 September 2007

Aryabhata and Kerala: Astronomical & Mathematical Evidence

Cover Story Appearing in Matrubhumi Weekly on Aryabhata -18 September 2007

Aryabhata 18 sept 2007 mathrubhumi

Aryabhata_18 Sep 2007 Mathrubhumi

Date of early cera kings astronomical evidence

Date of Early Cera Kings _ Astronomical Evidence

Horizon from which Aryabhata Shaped his Astronomical Precepts

New Bridge across Bharatapuzha between Ponnani & Chamravattam

Aryabhata of Kerala

Aryabhata and Rversed Sine_Cause of the mistaken use_Observation as guessed out long back by Prof KS Shukla

A Critical Lunar Eclipse Observation by Aryabhata in Kerala 517 CE

A Critical Lunar Eclipse Observation by Aryabhata in Kerala 517 CE

Identification of Asmaka as Sravanabelgola and Aryabhata as a Jain Astronomer

Aryabhata is criticized by Brahmagupta severely for contradicting the Yuga-Manvatara-Kalpa notions given in Srutis and Smrtis. Discussion in the attached paper brings out the fact that Aryabhata was a Jain Astronomer of the South Indian Jain country Asmaka centered over Sravanabelgola and extending to North Kerala where still the remnants of Jain tradition are immensely visible. Bharata-puzha the longest river of Kerala is named after Bharata, the legendary emperor of Jains (one of the two sons of Rshabha Deva) and the deity worshiped at Chamravattam temple was originally the Bahubali of Jain.

Astronomical Evidence to Establish the Place of Aryabhata