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'''Dadhigrama''' was a village on the banks of Payosni river in [[Vidarbha]] where a school of [[mathematics]] and [[astronomy]] flourished during the 14th to 19th centuries [[BCE|CE]].<ref name="Bag">{{cite journal|last=Bag|first=A.K.|title=Indian literature on mathematics during 1400 – 1800 AD|journal=Indian Journal of History of Science|date=May 1980|volume=15|issue=1|pages=75–93|url=https://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005af2_79.pdf|accessdate=3 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309124530/https://www.new.dli.ernet.in/rawdataupload/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005af2_79.pdf|archivedate=9 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="Muni">{{cite web|title=MUNīśVARA VIśVARūPA (b. Benares, India, 17 March 1603)|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/article-1G2-2830903087/munvara-vivarpa.html|work=Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography |accessdate=3 June 2010}}</ref>

Cintāmani, a Brahmana of the Devaratragotra, in the middle of the 15th century, Rama (who was patronized by a king of Vidarbha), Trimalla, and Vallala, Munisvara a grandson of Vallala, his son Rama, who wrote a commentary on the Sudhārasasāranī of Ananta ([[floruit|fl.]] 1525), Ḳrshnạ ([[floruit|fl.]] 1600–1625) etc. were some of the well-known members of this school of mathematicians.<ref name="Muni"/> Ranganatha (fl. 1603), another astronomer of the school, wrote Gūḍhārthaprakāśikā, a commentary on the Suryasidhanta.<ref name="Pingree">{{cite book|last=Pingree|first=David|title=Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit |year=1994|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-213-9}} (see p. 388)</ref>

==Known members of the Dadhigrama school of mathematics==

The known members of this school include the following:

*Rama (Sons : Trimalla, Gopiraja)
*Trimalla (Son : Vallala)
*Vallal (Sons : Rama, Krishna, Govinda, Ranganatha, Mahadeva)
*Govinda (Son : Narayana)
*Ranganatha (Son : Munisvara)

==Schools of mathematics==
Historians of mathematics have identified several schools of mathematics that flourished in different parts of India during the 14th19th– centuries [[BCE|CE]]. It has also been noted that most of the mathematical activities during this period were concentrated in these schools.<ref name="Bag"/> The schools were at places identified by the following names:

* [[Jambusagaranagara]]
* Dadhigrama ([[Vidarbha]])
* [[Nandigrama]] ([[Maharashtra]])
* Parthapura ([[Maharashtra]])
* [[Golagrama]] ([[Maharashtra]])
* [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics|Kerala]]

==References==
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