Top 10 Indian Mathematicians and Their Contributions

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Aryabhata (476–550 CE)

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Brahmagupta (598–668 CE)

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Bhaskara II (1114–1185)

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Madhava of Sangamagrama (1340 – 1425)

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Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920)

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P.C. Mahalanobis (1893-1972)

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C.R. Rao (1920–2019)

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D.R. Kaprekar (1907-1987)

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Shakuntala Devi (1929-2013)

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Narendra Karmarkar (born 1958)

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