THEMES FOR CONTEST

CULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF BHARAT’S MATHEMATICS
SARVA DASHANA SANGRAHA
PANINI’S GRAMMAR AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
CONCEPT OF ZERO AND DECIMAL IN 500 BC BHARAT

BRAHMAGUPTA,628 AD AND ZERO SYMBOL
GANITA SARA SANGRAHA ,850CE
BHASKARACHARYA,LILAVATI,1200CE
BHUTA SANKYA AND KATAPAYADI SYSTEM
MADHAVACHARYA’S APPROXIMATION OF Pi

CONCEPT OF PARAMANU IN MEASUREMENT
MEASUREMENT OF TIME AND ORIGIN OF UNIVERSE IN ANCIENT BHARAT
MEASUREMENT OF WEIGHT IN ANCIENT BHARAT
NUMBER NAMES OF ANCIENT BHARAT
CHANDAH SHASTRA AND COMBINATORIAL MATHEMATICS

NUMERAL SYSTEM OF BHARAT VS ROMAN
BMATHEMATICS IN POETRY AND LITERATURE OF ANCINET BHARAT
CHEMISTRY IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL BHARAT
GEOMETRY IN ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL BHARAT
PARASHARA TANTRA- JUPITER SATURN MARS 2000 BC
KRTTIKA NAKSHATRA IN SATAPATHA BRAHMANA-3000BC

BRIHADSAMHITA,VARAHAMIHIRA
TAITTARIYA UPANISHAD-THE SELF
VAISHESIKA SUTRA,KANADA
VISHITADVAITA VEDANTA
PATANJALI YOGASUTRA
VIVEKA CHOODAMANI-ADI SHANKARA

LAND MEASUREMENT IN 12 CENTURY BHARAT
KERALA SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS
BHAISHAJYA KALPANA VIJNANAM
KAUTILYA ARTHASHASTRA
WEIGHING DEVICES OF ANCIENT BHARAT

KNOWLEDGE TRIANGLE OF BHARAT -PRAMAYA PRAMEYA PRMANA
SAMAVAYA AND MULTIPLICITIES
DEBATE AND DIALOGUE IN ANCIENT BHARAT
VAISHESHIKA AND PHYSICS
MATTER AND MIND -KANADA
IMPETUS THEORY OF VAISHESHIKAS

ASTRONOMY IN ATHARVA VEDA
GEOMETRY OF VEDIC ALTAR AND CARDINAL DIRECTIONS
PROOFS IN INDIAN LOGIC AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
NYAYA SUTRA OF GOTAMA
FOUR PRAMANA’S
FIVE SOURCES OF SAMSHAYA

ARYABHATTAS SYSTEM OF NUMERATION
MATHS OF BHARAT -AFGHANISTAN TO BENGAL, KASHMIR TO KERALA
MATHEMATICS IN VEDAM
MATHEMATICS IN BUDDHIST WORKS
MATHEMATICS OF JAINAS

MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF SUN -MOON MOVEMENT-1300 BCE
GEOMETRY IN SULBHASUTRA-800 BCE
PANINI 500 BC -ORINGNATOR OF BNF PROGRAMME,
PINGALA AND PASCAL’S TRIANGLE
BUDDHIST TEXTS,500 BC -INDETERMINATE AND INFINITE NUMBERS
JAINAS,200 BC -LOGARITHMS, COMBINATORICS, MENSURATION

 BHASKARA,,600 CE -PLANETARY ASTRONOMY
BRAHMA GUPTA,650CE ,BIJAGANITHA[ALGEBRA]
VIRAHANKA,600CE-FIBONACCI NUMBERS,MORIC METRES.
MAHAVIRACHARYA-850CE-ARITHMETIC, GEOMETRY,ALGEBRA
SHRIDHARACHARYA,900 CE- PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF ALGEBRA

MAJOR WORKS OF BHASKARACHARYA 2
BHASKARACHARYA AND NARAYANAPANDITA
MADHAVA, SANGAMA GRAMA-1400 CE, PIONEER IN CALCULUS
PARAMESHWARA-CYCLICAL QUADRILATERAL
NEELAKANDA SOMAYAJI AND KEPLERS PLANETARY MODEL

JYESTA DEVA,1540 AD-YUKTIBHASHA
SURYAPRAJNAPATHI SUTRA -JAIN ASTRONOMY,400 BC
ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ANCIENT BHARAT
THE DIGAMSA YANTRA
THE YANTRA-SAMRAT
DAKSINOTTARA BHITTI YANTRA -SUN’S DECLINATION

TURIYA YANTRA CAPA YANTRA-SUN’S ALTITUDE
VISUVAD YANTRA-DISTANCE OF THE SUN FROM THE MERIDIAN
CELESTIAL ENTITIES ON LIFE ON EARTH- BHARAT’S VIEW.
RASI,NAKSHATRA,PANCAHANGA
CELESTIAL BINARY-VASHISTA AND ARUNDHATI

WATER MANAGEMENT -DHOLAVIRA
KALLANAI DAM-150CE
STEP WELL TECHNOLOGY OF ANCIENT BHARAT
CHAND BAORI,RAJASTHAN
WOOTZ STEEL AND DAMASCUS SWORDS
FARADAY‘S FAILURE TO UNDERSTAND WOOLTZ STEEL
MODERN MATERIAL SCIENCE AND WOOTZ STEEL
DOCKS OF SHIPS IN LOTHAL
MERCURY EXTRACTION IN ANCIENT INDIA
YUKTIKALPATARU-IRON-CARBON ALLOYS,1100 CE

UNDERGROUND MINING IN BHARAT 1300 BC
EXCAVATIONS IN RAJAPURA-DARIBA MINE[1260 BC]
LEAD-ZINC MINING IN BHARAT 500BC
ALLOY TECHNOLOGY, VEDIC PERIODT
INTRODUCING ZINC TO THE WORLD-BHARAT 600BC
MINING IN RAJASTHAN 1000BC
DOWNWARD DRIFT REDUCTION DISTILLATION -ZN EXTRACTION

THE DISTILLATION PROCESS,YAJURVEDA.
RAASA RATNA SAMUCCHAYA
EARLIEST COPPER PRODUCTION 320BC
COPPER ALLOYS IN INDIA ,2000 BC
COPPER-BRONZE-IRON CASTING IN BHARAT
PANCHA LOHA TECHNOLOGY
VARAHAMIHIRA -CARBURISATION,550 CE

MERCURY [RASASINDUR ] IN CHARAKASHASTRA
MERCURY AMALGAMATION IN BHARAT
ARTHASHASTRA AND MINTING OF SILVER COINS
IRON BEAMS IN PURI TEMPLES-ANTICORROSIVE PROPERTY
STEEL CHISELS IN 400 BC
CARBURISED IRON ,400 BC
TYPES OF IRON-CARBON ALLOY IN BHARAT

BHIMBEHTKA ROCK SHLETERS ,30000 BC
MAHABHODHI TEMPLE -300 BC
NALANDA BIHAR 500 CE
ELEPHANTA CAVES 500 CE
MAHABALIPURAM 700 CE
VIRUPAKSHA TEMPLE 800CE
KHAJURAHO TEMPLE 950CE
CHOLA -BRIHADVESHAWRA -TEMPLE 1200CE
SUN TEMPLE KONARK 1300CE

VISHNUDHARMOTTARA PURANA -BASIC COLOURS
PERFUME MAKING IN BHARAT
SHALYATANTRA, SURGERY IN BHARAT
SHUSTRUTA SAMHITA
CHATUHSHASTI KALA, 64 ART FORMS

TOWN PLANNING IN ARTHASHASTRA
VASTUPURUSHA AND BHOOMI
EIGHT LIMBS OF VASTU
HARAPPA AS A PLANNED CITY WITH CARDINAL DIRECTIONS
PLANNED CITY -AYODHYA
PLANNED CITY-LANKA
TOWERS AND GATES OF PATALIPUTRA,350BC
VASTU SHASTRA AND PANCHABHUTA
CIVIL ARCHITECTURE IN VASTUSHASTRA
BRIHATSANHITA-VASTUVIDYA
BRAHMA STHALA AND GARBHA GRIHA

SAMARANGANA SUTRADHARA
SWASTIKA IN DHOLAVIRA
NAGARA STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE
STHAPATI IN TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION
KAILASA NATHA TEMPLE CONSTRUCTION -COMPLEXITY
GARBHAGRIHA -VASTUPURUSHA MANDALA
AYURVEDA -PHILOSOPHY
VAISHESHIKA AND SAMKYA PHIOSOPHY
PADARTHAS DRAVYAS
TRIDOSHAS IN AYURVEDA
CHARAKA SAMHITA

SIX DARSHANAS
VEDANTA-SATCHITANANDA
TRIGUNA OF PHYSICAL REALITY -SATVA-RAJAS-TAMAS
TRIGUNAS-RED-BLUE-GREEN
PANCHA KOSHA -CONSCIOUSNESS
BODY-MIND-INTELLECT-ANTAHKARANA

ABHYASA AND VAIRAGYA
4 STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
RITUACHARYA
VAGABHATTA -ASHTANGA HRIDAYA
AGNIVESHA SAMHITA
BRIHAT -TRAYI

RAJA YOGA
RAJA DHARMA-PRAJA DHARMA
TEXTS ON RAJADHARMA
RAJANITI RATNAKARA
DANDA NITI OF KESAVA PANDITA
NITI SARA OF KAMANDAKA
MANUSMRITI -RAJADHARMA
ARTHASHASTRA-RAJADHARMA

DANDANITI IN MAHABHARATA
RIGHTEOUS KINGS OF BHARAT
RIGHTEOUS KING IN MAHABHARATA
KACCHIT SARGA -ADMINISTRATION IN RAMAYANA
BHISHMA AND RAJADHARMA
PURUSHARTHA – DHARMA, ARTHA, KAMA AND MOKSHA
BRIHASPATI USHANA -ARTHASHASTRA
AAPASTAMBA DHARMASUTRA

GAUTAMA DHARMASUTRA
YAJNAVALKYA-SMRITI
KAUTILYAN STATE
YOGA KSHEMA
KAUTILYA -7 ELEMENTS OF STATE
24 HOUR SCHEDULE OF A RAJA-ARTHASHASTRA
VIDURA NITI-YUDHISTIRA

STHANIYA-SAMGRAHANA -ADMINISTARION
MANTRINS AMATYAS AND KING
DURGA AND DANDA
TREASURY KOSHA IN ARTHASHASTRA
VYAJI -TAXATION IN ARTHASHASTRA
DHARMASTHA -JUDGES IN ARTHASHASTRA
FOREIGN POLICY IN ARTHASHASTRA

DVAITI BHAVA IN KAUTILYA STATE
DUTY OF SAMAHARTR-CHANCELLOR
DUTY OF NAGARIKA-CITY GOVERNOR
LAWS FOR SHIPPING AND MOVEMENT IN THE MAURYAN EMPIRE
LAWS FOR PORTS AND HARBOURS IN THE MAURYAN EMPIRE
SALARY -PANA-OF EMPLOYEES OF THE MAURYAN EMPIRE

COURTESY- INTRODUCTION TO INDIAN KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS
BY B. MAHADEVAN,VINAYAK RAJAT BHAT,NAGENDRA PAVANA R.N
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