06-20-2008, 07:36 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Husky+Jun 20 2008, 06:40 PM-->QUOTE(Husky @ Jun 20 2008, 06:40 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Pandyan+Jun 19 2008, 11:16 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Pandyan @ Jun 19 2008, 11:16 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->It seems like most of the ancient mathematicians were Brahmin, are there examples of other castes being mathematicians?[right][snapback]83046[/snapback][/right]<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->(Insert: there were also Jaina mathematicians in our history.)
Don't know the answer to your question. But just to state the obvious: any Hindu's accomplishments are <i>all</i> Hindus' accomplishments. They were meant for all Hindus.
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hemachandra, one of the scholars/mathematician, was born from a jaina mother (likely kshatriya) and a brAhmaNa father.
But I shall second wholeheartedly what Sunder said.
Don't know the answer to your question. But just to state the obvious: any Hindu's accomplishments are <i>all</i> Hindus' accomplishments. They were meant for all Hindus.
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hemachandra, one of the scholars/mathematician, was born from a jaina mother (likely kshatriya) and a brAhmaNa father.
But I shall second wholeheartedly what Sunder said.