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In honour of this great Indian astronomer-mathematician, a satellite in his name Bhaskar II was launched on 20th November 1981 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).<ref name=":0" />

In honour of this great Indian astronomer-mathematician, a satellite in his name Bhaskar II was launched on 20th November 1981 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO).<ref name=":0" />

=== Acharya Pingal ===

=== पिङ्गलाचार्यः ॥ Acharya Pingala ===

A chief name for maths in ancient India was Acharya Pingal. He lived between 2-3 century b.c.; his famous book is chand shastra, also known as pingal sutra. He contributed in binary number system. He is the propounder of binary digits. Acharya pingal used 'laghu' and guru' words which later became the basis for the discovery of zero. It is believed that pingal used the word shunya which meant 0.

Acharya Pingala is an important name in the field of mathematics in ancient India. He lived between 2nd-3rd century BCE. Chandas Sutra also known as the Pingala Sutra is his work through which he contributed to the development of binary number system. He is considered the propounder of binary digits. Acharya Pingala's use of 'laghu' and guru' words later became the basis for the discovery of zero. It is believed that Acharya Pingala used the word Shunya which meant zero (0).<ref name=":0" />

=== Brahmgupt ===

=== Brahmgupt ===