100 scientist names and their inventions

The following article is a list of Indian scientists spanning from Ancient to Modern India, who have had a major impact in the field of science and technology.

Ancient India (Pre 300 BCE)

• Lagadha, astronomer, author of one of the oldest known treatises on astrology (around late 2nd millennium BCE and early 1st millennium BCE)
• Baudhayana, mathematician, author of oldest surviving texts of Indian mathematics (around 1st millennium BCE)
• Jivaka, physician, widely regarded as a model healer in the Eastern world during ancient times (5th century BCE)
• Sushruta, father of plastic surgery, author of Sushruta Samhita which is one of the most important ancient medical treatise (600–500 BCE)
• Panini, father of linguistics (600–400 BCE)
• Charaka, physician (400–300 BCE)
• Kanada, father of atomic theory (Unclear; 600–200 BCE)
• Shalihotra, veterinarian (3rd century BCE)

Classical period (300 BCE–500 CE)

• Pingal