Crown of Treatises: Chapter on Mathematics

It has been determined that both were present †. For a more detailed discussion, one should consult Mr. C. V. Vaidya’s Critique of the Mahabharata original: "Mahabharata-Mimansa". The original work was in the Marathi language, and its Hindi translation by the esteemed Pandit Madhavrao Sapre is well-known.

Now we must observe how the astronomical knowledge, described in aphoristic form within the Vedas, Samhitas, Brahmans, Aranyakas, and the Vedanga Jyotisha The auxiliary Vedic text focused on astronomy and time-keeping, was expanded over time by the seers and sages, and how it served as a foundation for the intellectual development of later teachers, eventually taking the form of a "wishing tree" Kalpavriksha; a divine tree that fulfills all desires, symbolizing the vast and fruitful expansion of the science. The sage Kashyapa states:

"Surya, Pitamaha, Vyasa, Vashistha, Atri, Parasara,
Kashyapa, Narada, Garga, Marichi, Manu, Angira,
Lomasha, Pulisha, Chyavana, Yavana, Bhrigu,
and Shaunaka—these eighteen are the originators of the science of astronomy." original Sanskrit: "Surya: pitamaho vyaso..." listing the eighteen traditional founding fathers of Indian Jyotisha

† Many Western historians believe Parasara and Garga lived two or three hundred years before Christ. Some "great men" do not even believe that any sages of those names existed at all; they are ready to dismiss everything as mere mythological legend with a snap of their fingers. Dr. Kern published the Brihat Samhita in 1864 through the Asiatic Society of Calcutta. Observe his perspective original: "leela," meaning play or antics in the preface:

“Many of the Rishis upon whose authority the doctrines of astronomy and astrology are held to be founded are pure myths. By myths here is meant not the personification of any natural phenomenon, or of any moral, historical, social fact; in many cases it is the embodiment of a rude philosophical theory in a poetical shape.” — Kern’s preface to Brihat Samhita.

Dr. Kern had found an incomplete Garga Samhita. The Garga mentioned in the Mahabharata is indeed the author of the Samhita. There is even a record of a pilgrimage site Tirtha named after him. He was a very ancient and great soul of astronomy.