What Makes Ancient Indian Contributions Unidentified and Unrecorded Worldwide

Abstract

The seminar on 'Indian Contributions in Mathematical Sciences', organised by Institute of Science, Education and Culture (ISEC) in collaboration with Birla Industrial and Technological Museum (BITM), held on 25 February 2017 witnessed a spontaneous query on the probable reasons that make the scientific literature the world over to remain silent on ancient Indian discoverers and the place of discovery, in spite of very rich contributions made by ancient Indians towards science.