From Zero to Infinity: The Profound Contributions of Ancient Indian Mathematicians Rediscovering the roots in mathematical marvels of ancient India During the Vedic period (1500–500 BCE), ancient Indian scholars made significant strides in arithmetic and geometry. They developed a profound understanding of numbers and established the foundation of the decimal system. This numeral system, based on ten symbols (1 to 9 and 0), introduced the concept of place value, which is fundamental to modern ma