Ep 17 – Interest, Proportions, and Mixtures - Ganitapada - Verses 25-31

In Episode 17 of Ancient Code, Modern Mind, host Harsh Rain explores Aryabhata’s practical genius in verses 25–31 of the Ganitapada, crafted in 499 CE Pataliputra. Harsh unravels a lender’s secret with Verse 25, decoding interest rates—like finding 5% from a 110-coin loan repayment—1,500 years before modern finance. Verse 26’s Rule of Three guides traders, scaling saffron prices (50 coins for 5 sacks to 80 for 8) and even eclipse predictions. Verses 27–28 weave proportions, calculating weavers’ output (6 weavers making 135 meters of cloth), while Verse 29 blends healers’ mixtures, balancing tea or elixirs at 130 coins/kg. These verses powered markets, medicine, and astronomy, their logic echoing in 2025’s algorithms, from mortgage rates to AI. Harsh invites listeners to hear Aryabhata in their daily numbers, tagging #AncientCodeMath, and teases Episode 18’s Pulverizer Method, a cryptographic game-changer.

Listen now to uncover the numbers shaping markets, medicine, and time!

Keywords: Aryabhata, Ganitapada, kuṭṭākāra, Pataliputra, 499 CE, interest calculation, Rule of Three, proportions, mixtures, Trairāśika, algorithms, cryptography, astronomy, eclipses, finance, trade, healing, mathematics, patterns, #AncientCodeMath

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