EDUCATION , SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY IN ANCIENT INDIA

PRESENTED BY :MR SHRESTH MASKARA,

DEPARTMENT OF BTECH CSE ENGINEERING,
JECRC UNIVERSITY , JAIPUR
REGISTRATION NUMBER 21BCON100
 ANCIENT INDIA
Ancient India is the Indian subcontinent from
prehistoric times to the start of Medieval India,
which is typically dated (when the term is still
used) to the end of the Gupta Empire. Ancient
India was composed of the modern-day
countries of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, India, Nepal
and Pakistan.
 INTRODUCTION

 THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE INDIAN

SUBCONTINENT BEGINS WITH PREHISTORIC HUMAN ACTIVITY THE
INDUS VALLEY CIVILLIZATION TO EARLY STATES AND EMPIRES
 THE RELIGIOUS TEXTS OF THE VEDIC PERIOD PROVIDE EVIDENCE FOR
THE USE OF LARGE NUMBERS
 BY THE TIME OF LAST VEDA, THE YAJURVEDASAMHITA (1200 - 900 BCE).
NUMBERS ARE AS HIGH AS (10^[12]} WERE BEING INCLUDED IN THE
TEXTS
 EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA

1. IDEA OF ZERO
Little needs to be written about the mathematical digit ‘zero’, one of the most
important inventions of all time
Mathematician Aryabhata was the first person to create a symbol for zero and it
was through his efforts that mathematical operations like addition and subtraction
started using the digital ,Zero.
 2.The decimal system
 India gave the ingenious method of expressing all numbers by means of ten symbols – the
decimal system.]
 3. NUMERAL NOTATIONS
 Indians, as early as 500 BCE, had devised a system of different symbols for every number
from one to nine.
 4. FIBBONACCI NUMBERS
 The Fibonacci numbers and their sequence first appear in Indian mathematics as mātrāmeru,
 5. BINARY NUMBERS
 Binary numbers is the basic language in which computer programs are written. Binary basically
refers to a set of two numbers, 1 and 0 .
EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA

 Education was given utmost importance even in the ancient period. We do not
have any evidence of education during the Indus valley civilization but however on
seeing the layout plan, drainage system it is understood that people were very
intelligent.

 During the Vedic civilization education was done through orally. All the Vedas
were first transmitted orally from one person to another person. It was only in
1300-1500 BC Rig Veda was written. In Vedic period medium of instruction was
Sanskrit, while Pali became the medium of instruction in Buddhist education.
 SCIENCE IN ANCIENT INDIA
 1. A THEORY OF ATOM One of the notable scientists of the ancient
India was Kanad who is said to have devised the atomic theory centuries before
John Dalton was born. He speculated the existence of anu or a small
indestructible particles, much like an atom.

 2. THE HELIOCENTRIC THEORYMathematicians of ancient

India often applied their mathematical knowledge to make accurate
astronomical predictions
 THE FOUR VEDAS

 The Vedas regarded as the oldest among the literatures of the world, are the
original sources of the philosophy of life in ancient India. A study of these Vedas
will enable one to get a thorough knowledge not only of the philosophy of life but
also of the whole fabric of ancient In Indian .
1. The Rig Veda
The Rig Veda is established as the earliest work not merely of the Hindus, but of all
Indo-European languages and humanity. It lays the foundation upon which Hindu
Civilization has been building up through the ages. Broadly speaking, it is on a
foundation of plain living and high thinking.
 THE CONCLUSION

 Undoubtedly, ancient India was technologically advanced in the fields of mathematics,

medicine, physics, in the presence of scientists like Varahamihir, Aryabhatta, Nagarjuna.

 Contemporary civilizations of the Indus valley were not as scientific as the Indus.

 With this, in ancient India, almost India was technically and economically self-sufficient and was
the leader of the entire world as a Vishwaguru
REFERENCE

Books-
 Science in Ancient India by Ansh Mishra
 Science and Technology in Ancient Indian Texts
 The Educational Heritage of Ancient India

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