The focus on Indian knowledge systems in the UGC’s proposed mathematics curriculum is better suited to other disciplines such as astronomy and religious studies. The University Grants Commission’s ...

In a remarkable development, a human mathematician has achieved what many thought impossible: solving the centuries-old ...

I n August, the University Grants Commission (UGC) released the draft undergraduate curriculum for nine subjects, including ...

The focus on Indian knowledge systems in the UGC's proposed mathematics curriculum is a repetition of school-level content.

Mathematics education in India must stay strongly focused on areas that directly contribute to employability, research ...

Historians and archaeologists have, over centuries, explored the mysteries behind the Great Sphinx of Giza: What did it originally look like? What was it designed to represent? What was its original ...

The curriculum combines astronomy, mythology, and mathematics, covering ancient observatories. Ancient Indian knowledge systems like Kala Ganpana (traditional timekeeping), Bharatiya Bijganit (Indian ...

FOR too long the history of mathematics in India was studied only by scholars suffering under the almost insuperable handicap of belonging to an alien civilization ; but recently a number of Indian ...

A scientist has revealed that an ancient clay tablet could be the oldest and most complete example of applied geometry. The surveyor's field plan from the Old Babylon period shows that ancient ...

We explore the astonishing mathematics behind an ancient stone vessel. Uncover the secrets of its design, from radial ...