<nowiki>''Sūrya Siddhānta'' is well known, most referred and most esteemed. The original author of ''Sūrya Siddhānta'' is ''Mayasura'' as described in the story in the first chapter that ''Mayasura'' obtained his knowledge from ''Sūrya'' (the Sun). ''Siddhānta'' in Sanskrit means ''treatise'' and it usually has author'</nowiki>s name prefixed to it. There were several other works on Astronomy in ancient India, many of which have since been lost. | <nowiki>''Sūrya Siddhānta'' is well known, most referred and most esteemed. The original author of ''Sūrya Siddhānta'' is ''Mayasura'' as described in the story in the first chapter that ''Mayasura'' obtained his knowledge from ''Sūrya'' (the Sun). ''Siddhānta'' in Sanskrit means ''treatise'' and it usually has author'</nowiki>s name prefixed to it. There were several other works on Astronomy in ancient India, many of which have since been lost. |