Mathematics(development of the Mohenjo-daro ruler,
and mathematicians such as Aryabhata who introduced
trigonometric functions, tables, techniques, and algebra
algorithms.
The Indian mathematician Brahmagupta (597-667 CE)
appears to be the first to articulate the result thatthe
product of two negative numbers is a positive number.
He of course also gave the much easier result that the
product of a positive number and a negative number is a
negative number.