Posted by Er. Vinothkumar K on Wednesday, February 2, 2011,
After a long leave, I am back to write about some of our legends. I am sure most of us
never heard of this person. But the inventions he made at his time astonishes
many, not only in India but in theworld.
G.D.Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy Naidu) was an
eminent inventor, engineer, educationalist and industrialist from Coimbatore. His contributions were primarily industrial but also
span the fields of electrical...
Posted by VASUDEVA REDDY on Wednesday, October 20, 2010,
In :
legends
That ancient land, India, nurtured man to its breast early in the dawn of civilization. The dry sands of Sind, now in West Pakistan, have revealed to archeologist’s remains of civilizations going back 5000 to 6000 years, and perhaps further- peoples whose well-constructed cities included houses with adjoining bathrooms and wells, and elaborate public drainage systems. Some scholars believe that it was these early people, whose civilization dates from a period contemporary with the early Eg...
Posted by VASUDEVA REDDY on Wednesday, October 20, 2010,
In :
legends
Born in 1114 AD (in Vijayapura, he belonged to Bijjada Bida)
he became head of the Ujjain school of mathematical astronomy (Varahamihira and
Brahmagupta had helped to found this school or at least 'build it up'). There
is some confusion amongst the texts I have referred to as to the works that he
wrote. C Srinivasiengar claims he wrote Siddhanta Siromani in 1150 AD, which
contained four sections:
Posted by VASUDEVA REDDY on Tuesday, October 19, 2010,
In :
legends
Aryabhatta (476-550 A.D.) was born in Patliputra in Magadha,
modern Patna in Bihar. Many are of the view that he was born in the south of
India especially Kerala and lived in Magadha at the time of the Gupta rulers;
time which is known as the golden age of India. There is no evidence that he
was born outside Patliputra and traveled to Magadha, the centre of education
and learning for his studies where he even set up a coaching centre. His first
name "Arya" is hardly a south Indian name while ...
