Vishnu Sharma
What is Vishnu Sharma famous for?
Vishnu Sharma wrote the Panchatantra.
What is Aryabhata famous for?
Aryabhata is famous as a mathematician and astronomer.
What is Veda Vyasa known for?
Veda Vyasa was known for writing the Mahabharata, Vedas, Puranas, and Brahma Sutras
Why is the Panchatantra called that way?
Vishnu Sharma called it this way as it means Five Treatises or Five Chapters
What period of time did Aryabhata live in? (Ex. the Mauryan empire)
Aryabhata lived in the Gupta Dynasty
What is the Mahabharata about?
A simple summary would be that it is about the battle between two groups of cousins named the Pandavas and the Kauravas to gain supreme power and rule the kingdom.
Why did Vishnu Sharma write the Panchatantra?
He wrote it to make princes of a kingdom more learned and wise as he had a deal with the king of the land.
What did Aryabhata invent in math and science?
Aryabhatta contributed much work in science and mathematics which included theories of earth rotation on its axis, approximation of pie (π), place value system of zero, trigonometry, and many others.
Who was Veda Vyasa's mom?
His mom was Satyavati
Who was the king who employed Vishnu Sharma?
King Amarshakti employed Vishnu Sharma
What are some famous works by Aryabhata?
he composed at least two works, Aryabhatiya and the now lost Aryabhatasiddhanta.
Who is Veda Vyasa a supposed avatar of?
He is supposedly an avatar of Vishnu
Where was Vishnu Sharma born?
Vishnu Sharma was born at Kashmir
When was Aryabhata born? (Year)
He was born in 476
What is Veda Vyasa's full name?
His full name was Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa