The Ancient Indian civilization made many signifigent advances in fields of science including mathmatics, astronomy, chemistry and medicine. In India, mathematics has its roots in Vedic literature which is nearly 4000 years old. (Ifrah 52) Indians made many advances in Mathematics and Astronomy but also made more practical advances as in the applied sciences like production technology, architecture and shipbuilding. At it's peak, Indian society was influenced by many different thinkers and these people helped create new …showed first 75 words of 1591 total…

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