History · From State to Empire
UGC NET June 2013 History
The Romaka Siddhanta in Indian astronomy shows signs of
ARoman influence
BGreek influence ✓ Correct
CIranian influence
DArabian influence
Correct answer: (B) Greek influence — The Romaka Siddhanta shows signs of Greek influence, so the answer is Greek influence.
Explanation
★The Romaka Siddhanta shows signs of Greek influence, so the answer is Greek influence.
★It is one of the five Siddhantas listed in Varahamihira's Panchasiddhantika.
★The Panchasiddhantika is a major Indian astronomical treatise of the sixth century.
★The Romaka Siddhanta rests on the astronomical learning of Byzantine, Greek-speaking Rome.
★Its very name, Romaka, points to this western, Greco-Roman source.
★The text shows the lively exchange of science between India and the Greek world.
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