Varaha Mihira was one of the "Nine Gems" (Navaratnas) in the court of the legendary King Vikramaditya of Ujjain (though historical dating places him closer to the Gupta era under Chandragupta II). His magnum opus, the Brhat Samhita , is not merely a book on astrology. It is a sprawling encyclopedia covering planetary motion, architecture, hydrology, perfumery, gemology, agriculture, love-making, rain forecasting, and even the behavior of animals. To read the Brhat Samhita is to look through a window into the everyday scientific consciousness of classical India.
"What is here is elsewhere. What is not here is nowhere." the brhat samhita of varaha mihira varahamihira
Varaha Mihira was a Siddhanta astronomer, meaning he worked within the mathematical traditions of Aryabhata but often corrected and expanded upon them. Unlike his predecessors who wrote cryptic sutras, Varaha Mihira had a gift for clarity. He wrote three major works: Varaha Mihira was one of the "Nine Gems"