Question 112 (ii)
Social Studies Application remembering that 1 AD came immediately after 1 BC, while solving following problems take 1 BC as -1 and 1 AD as +1
Bhaskaracharya was born in the year 1114 AD and died in the year 1185 AD. What was his age when he died?
Age, when Bhaskaracharya died = Year in which he died - Year in which he born
= (1185 AD) - (1114 AD)
= (+ 1185) - (+ 1114)
= 1185 - 1114 = 71 yr.
Hence, Bhaskaracharya died at the age of 71 yr.