# Aryabhata - Mathematician and astronomer

URL: https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/aryabhata
Lifetime: 476 – c. 550
Born-Died: 476 - c. 550
Dynasty or school: Sages, poets and scholars
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata

Mathematician-astronomer of the Gupta period, author of the Aryabhatiya. He treated the Earth's rotation, eclipses and trigonometric tables; his work influenced later Indian and Islamic astronomy. Not a religious teacher, he is included for Sanskrit scholarship.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Bhartrihari](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/bhartrihari)
- Next in list: [Gaudapada](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/rulers/gaudapada)

## Timeline events during this reign or lifetime
- 480 - [Dignaga Challenges Nyaya Logic](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/480-dignaga-challenges-nyaya-logic)
- 484 - [Eran Boar and Pillar Mark Vishnu Worship](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/484-eran-boar-and-pillar-mark-vishnu-worship)
- 499 - [Aryabhata Writes the Aryabhatiya](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/499-aryabhata-writes-the-aryabhatiya)
- 500 - [Dashavatara Temple at Deogarh](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/500-dashavatara-temple-at-deogarh)
- 500 - [Hunas Under Toramana Overrun North India](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/500-hunas-under-toramana-overrun-north-india)
- 500 - [Zero and the Decimal System Mature in India](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/500-zero-and-the-decimal-system-mature-in-india)
- 505 - [Varahamihira and the Brihat Samhita](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/505-varahamihira-and-the-brihat-samhita)
- 520 - [Mihirakula Persecutes Religious Communities](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/520-mihirakula-persecutes-religious-communities)
- 550 - [Gupta Empire Fragments](https://allhistories.com/hinduism/timeline/550-gupta-empire-fragments)