EAM Jaishankar’s UN Masterclass: How Ancient Indian Algorithms Built The Modern World

In a landmark address at the UN Headquarters, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated a historic mathematics exhibition, challenging the narrow lens of global scientific history. He boldly traced the roots of the modern Binary System—the very foundation of the digital age to Pingala’s Chandasutra from the 3rd century BCE. Jaishankar argued that for a truly democratic world, we must first "democratise history" and recognize that the rhythms of ancient Indian verses were inherently algorithmic. From the infinite series of Pi to the Pythagorean theorem, watch Jaishankar reveal how India’s intellectual soil planted the seeds for today’s AI revolution.