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He is refered as bhaskara ii to avoid confusion with bhaskara i of 7th century ad. He was born near vijjadavida bijapur in modern karnataka and lived between 11141185 ad. According to our current online database, bhaskar bagchi has 2 students and 3 descendants. It goes to the credit of varahamihira and brahmagupta. Great mathematician vashishtha narayan singh daily bhaskar. He is just the greatest mathematician who ever lived.
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