Advancements in math, astronomy, medicine, literature, and arts
- Math
- invented the addition and subtraction
- the decimal system
- used the Pythagorean theorem
- influenced the development of mathematics
- astronomy
- Aryabhata-an indian astronomer
- considered the father of spherical astronomy
- wrote theories about the heliocentric gravitation theory, and how the earth's shadow affected the phases of the moon
- he also had two books that were based on the theory of diurnal notion
- medicine
- ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine and treatments
- essentially consisted of eight medical components
- internal medicine
- pediatrics
- surgery
- ophthalmology
- psychiatry
- toxicology
- prevention of disease
- aphrodisiacs
- this system emphasized using plant based medicines and treatments
- literature
- they used an alphabetic writing called sanskrit
- one of the first things they wrote down was a poem called rig veda
- there were three other types of writing but they were less famous
- they also wrote down the upanishads, which are commentaries and explanations of the vedas
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