Mathematics When we talk about the role played by mathematics in different fields we dont really appreciate that we are actually making use of mathematics But the soul of mathematics seems to be the decimal place value system which has been invented by Indians and where does it occur how do we know that the Indians did this So the source is Vedas video srcvideoMathSulbasutrasPart01mp4 poster controlscontrols nbsp So the enormous amount of simplification that has been done by decimal place value system is not something which has been recognized or the role of Zero which is one of the major contributions of India This is something which is known but much more has been done in Sulbasutras which is not well known So the earliest text that we have with us to demonstrate that Indians have been excelling in Geometry Arithmetic as well as Algebra is Sulbasutras Where does these Sulbasutras come in the corpus of Vedic knowledge So let me just tell you so we have a very interesting passage in Mundaka Upanishad So which says which actually broadly divides Vidya into two types दव वदय वदतवय इत ह सम यदबरहमवद वदनत पर चवपर च ततरपर ऋगवद यजरवद समवदऽथरववद शकष कलप वयकरण नरकत छनद जयतषमत AUDIO VISUAL LINKS Decimal Place Value System Determining Cardinal Directions Construction of a Square Construction of a Square which is sum of two Squares Construction of a Square which is n times of a Square Construction of a circle whose area is equal to a square and estimating the value of Pi Bhuja Koti Karnan Nyaya Pythagorean Theorem Calculate Square root of a number Constructing a Shyen Chiti Yajna Vedi LINKS शलबसतर एव वसतशसतर म आधरधय समबनध वदयवचसपत ड0 सनदरनरयणझ Development of Mathematics in India Vedas and SulbasutrasK Ramasubramanian Part I Part II