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Surya Siddhanta

c. 4th-5th c. CE (revised later)Siddhanta astronomersSurya SiddhantaPan-Indian / unspecified

300 CE

A foundational astronomical treatise with planetary models, sine tables and eclipse methods.

Dated
300–499 CE
As scholars put it
c. 4th-5th c. CE (revised later)
Originator
Siddhanta astronomers
Source text
Surya Siddhanta
Region
Pan-Indian / unspecified
Discipline
Astronomy & Cosmology
Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Verification
Reference-cited

Fair to say

The surviving text was revised well into the medieval period; it is not a single-date work.

Path to modern innovation

Still used in traditional calendar-making.

300 CESurya Siddhanta

Builds on

Transmission

Influenced later Indian and Islamic astronomy.

References

  • 1Burgess (1860)
  • 2Plofker (2009)

Further reading

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