Ancient Indian wisdom-LENGTH OF THE YEAR
LENGTH OF THE YEAR
Aryabhata was the most scientific astronomer in the ancient world who tackled the fundamental problems of astronomy as far back as in A.D.499.
To the surprise of even the contemporary scientists, he calculated ¶ to 3.1416 and the length of the solar year to 365.3586805 days. He was remarkably close to the recent estimates.
He believed that the earth was a sphere and rotated on its axis and that shadow of the earth falling on the moon caused eclipses.
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