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Great Indian Discovery: discovery of Zero, Ayurveda, Surgery and Yoga

Great Indian Discoveries: discovery of Zero, Ayurveda, Surgery and Yoga and their importance

ZERO

Aryabhatt

The Master Astronomer & Mathematician

Aryabhatta was the first mathematician astronomer from the classical age of India when mathematics and astronomy were still in their nascent stages of development around the globe

Aryabhatta worked on the place value system and discovered zero

He discovered the position of nine planets and expressed that these likewise rotated around the sun.

AYURVEDA

Maharshi Charak

One of the principal contributors to Ayurveda

Ayurveda , a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in Ancient India . He is famous for authoring the medical treatise, the Charaka Samhita .

He is well known as the "Indian father of medicine".

SURGERY

Maharishi Sushruta

Maharishi Shushruta is a legendry scholar of the Indian medical science and founding father of surgery.

YOGA

Maharshi Patanjali

The Father Of Yoga

Maharishi Patanjali, "The Father of Yoga", compiled 195 sutras, which serve as a framework for integrating Yoga into the daily routine and leading an ethical life.

The exact date of the compilation of the Yoga Sutras is not known. However, it is believed that they were written somewhere around 200 BC.