History of Indian Mathematics

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SRS Wrote: Although Vedic mathematicians are known primarily for their computational genius in arithmetic and algebra, the basis and inspiration for the whole of Indian mathematics is geometry. Evidence of geometrical drawing instruments from as early as 2500 B.C.E. has been found in the Indus Valley

Who said that Indus valley is vedic ? if the indus people knew such things then it is highly likely that the vedics borowed and collated those ideas from the natives.

SRS wrote: The first rather cryptic formula is best understood by way of a simple example: let us multiply 6 by 8. ..............

Hey your method does not work for x X y when x + y =10/100/100, it goes through an infinite spiral. And it does not simplify anything it keeps the complexity the same, multiplication of 2 single/double/.. numbers remains the same after the step one. Neverthless I have seen some other more elegant techniques for multiplying large numbers, not sure if they are vedic or native Indian.

Regarding the Zero we have to give it to the desis, in general and not necessarily to the vedics.