References for Aryabhata

    1. Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
    2. Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. (WWW version)

    Books:

    1. H-J Ilgauds, Aryabhata I, in H Wussing and W Arnold, Biographien bedeutender Mathematiker (Berlin, 1983).

    Articles:

    1. Shukla, Kripa Shankar Glimpses from the 'Aryabhata-siddhanta', Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 181-186.
    2. A Ahmad, On the pi of Aryabhata I, Ganita Bharati 3 (3-4) (1981), 83-85.
    3. R Behari, Aryabhata as a mathematician, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 147-149.
    4. R Billard, Aryabhata and Indian astronomy, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 207-224.
    5. G M Bongard Levin, Aryabhata and Lokayatas, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 187-193.
    6. E M Bruins, With roots towards Aryabhata's pi-value, Ganita Bharati 5 (1-4) (1983), 1-7.
    7. B Chatterjee, A glimpse of Aryabhata's theory of rotation of earth, Indian J. History Sci. 9 (1) (1974), 51-55, 141.
    8. B Datta, Two Aryabhatas of al-Biruni, Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc. 17 (1926), 59-74.
    9. S L Dhani, Manvantara theory of evolution of solar system and Aryabhata, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 161-166.
    10. K Elfering, The area of a triangle and the volume of a pyramid as well as the area of a circle and the surface of the hemisphere in the mathematics of Aryabhata I, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 232-236.
    11. E G Forbes, Mesopotamian and Greek influences on ancient Indian astronomy and on the work of Aryabhata, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 150-160.
    12. R C Gupta, Aryabhata, ancient India's great astronomer and mathematician, Math. Education 10 (4) (1976), B69-B73.
    13. R C Gupta, A preliminary bibliography on Aryabhata I, Math. Education 10 (2) (1976), B21-B26.
    14. R C Gupta, Aryabhata I's value of pi, Math. Education 7 (1973), B17-B20.
    15. B Ishwar, Development of Indian astronomy at the time of Aryabhata I, Ganita Bharati 6 (1-4) (1984), 19-24.
    16. L C Jain, Aryabhata I and Yativrsabha - a study in Kalpa and Meru, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 137-146.
    17. P Jha, Aryabhata I : the man and author, Math. Ed. (Siwan) 17 (2) (1983), 50-60.
    18. P Jha, Aryabhata I and the value of pi, Math. Ed. (Siwan) 16 (3) (1982), 54-59.
    19. M S Khan, Aryabhata I and al-Biruni, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 237-244.
    20. C Müller, Volumen und Oberfläche der Kugel bei Aryabhata I, Deutsche Math. 5 (1940), 244-255.
    21. S Parameswaran, On the nativity of Aryabhata the First, Ganita Bharati 16 (1-4) (1994), 57-60.
    22. B N Prasad and R Shukla, Aryabhata of Kusumpura, Bull. Allahabad Univ. Math. Assoc. 15 (1951), 24-32.
    23. R N Rai, The Ardharatrika system of Aryabhata I, Indian J. History Sci. 6 (1971), 147-152.
    24. M L Sharma, Indian astronomy at the time of Aryabhata, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 100-105.
    25. M L Sharma, Aryabhata's contribution to Indian astronomy, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 90-99.
    26. K S Shukla, Use of hypotenuse in the computation of the equation of the centre under the epicyclic theory in the school of Aryabhata I, Indian J. History Sci. 8 (1973), 43-57.
    27. K S Shukla, Aryabhata I's astronomy with midnight day-reckoning, Ganita 18 (1967), 83-105.
    28. A Volodarsky, Mathematical achievements of Aryabhata, Indian J. Hist. Sci. 12 (2) (1977), 167-172.
    29. M Yano, Aryabhata's possible rebuttal to objections to his theory of the rotation of the Earth, Historia Sci. 19 (1980), 101-105.

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