Coincidentally, happen to be in Kerala on a work related trip. The "Newton" of India/Indic/Hindu culture would be Madhava of Sangamagrama[1], the founder of th

Coincidentally, happen to be in Kerala on a work related trip. The "Newton" of India/Indic/Hindu culture would be Madhava of Sangamagrama[1], the founder of the Kerala School of Math. Did some impressive work on calculus, that might have actually even predated Newton/Leibnitz et al. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhava_of_Sangamagrama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhava_of_Sangamagrama [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pElvQdcaGXE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pElvQdcaGXE [Towards the end of the video iirc]