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The Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa — the calendar manual among the six Vedāṅgas, late Vedic period — declares gaṇita (mathematics/computation) the highest of the auxiliary sciences: "As the crests on the heads of peacocks, as the gems on the hoods of snakes, so is gaṇita at the top of the sciences known as the Vedāṅga" (trans. Datta & Singh 1938). It is the earliest known text to rank mathematics supreme among the sciences — a cultural charter the Sanskrit mathematical tradition cited for centuries.

History of Hindu Mathematics — A Source Book · 1938