'Bhugol' and 'Khogol'

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In Indian literature 'Geography' is called 'Bhugol' or 'Bhogol' or 'Bhoogol'. In ancient Indian science and astronomy, Varahamihira one of the prominent name in Sixth century. His Surya- siddhanta treatise source of various astronomical geographic  concepts as like various planets and subplanets and it's dimensions and orbit and astronomical bodies etc.. The Sanskrit term 'Bhugola' is the origin of the team 'Ghugol'. In the term 'Bhugola', where 'Bhu' means 'Earth' and 'Gola' means 'Circle', and similarly 'Bhugol' means 'Circular Earth'. 
The other explanation is that, the term 'Bhugol' comes from the term 'Khogol' where 'Kho' means 'the sky' and 'gol' means 'circle'. In Suryasiddhanta 'Khogol' is a Sanskrit term that means 'the science of space'.

By,
Dr. Biplab Tripathy
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Arunachal University of Studies

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  1. Neha BoruahJuly 19, 2020 at 10:35 AM

    Don't know about this part of geography

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  2. UnknownJuly 19, 2020 at 10:36 AM

    It is even clearly evident from the works of the classical Indian astronomer and mathematician, Aryabhatta (476–550 AD), that deals with the sphericity of the Earth and the motion of the planets. The final two parts of his Sanskrit magnum opus, the Aryabhatiya, which were named the Kalakriya ("reckoning of time") and the Gol ("sphere"), state that the Earth is spherical and that its circumference is 4,967 yojanas. In modern units this is 39,968 km (24,835 mi), close to the current equatorial value of 40,075 km (24,901 mi).

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