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Science and Literature
Literature
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Kalidasa has written Abhijanashakuntalam, popularly known as Shakuntala which is one of his best literary productions
This was a time when literature, especially in Sanskrit, flourished, with the poetry and dramas of Kalidasa, Sudraka and Vishakhadutta
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Panini produced a book on Sanskrit grammar called the Ashtadhyayi and the Panchatantra stories were written by Vishnugupta
This was the time when the epics Ramayana and Mahabharata took their final form and many of the Puranas were also written
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Science
During this time, great progress was made in astronomy, mathematics, medicine and even metallurgy.
Medicine
Even veterinary science saw the book Hastyayurveda, on how to take care of elephants!
Astronomy
The great astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata worked out that the earth moved on its axis and explained that a lunar eclipse was a natural phenomenon and not the demon Rahu swallowing up the moon
Physics
The physicians Charaka, Dhanvantri and Sushruta wrote books on medicine and surgery that included instructions on surgical procedures and how to build and run hospitals
Maths
A mathematical prodigy, he worked out the exact length of one year, the radius of the earth, the formula to calculate the area of a triangle and the value of the pie.
Varahamihira was another great mathematician who wrote the Brihat Samhita, an encyclopedia of science
Indians created the numeral system that is used around the world today—the one that includes the zero—and they also worked out the decimal system. These numerals were taken to Europe by the Arabs, who called it hindusat. And, if you think about it, we wouldn’t have had computers without the zero!