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The Age of the Guptas — Question 10

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What contribution did Aryabhatta make in the field of science?

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Aryabhatta was a great astronomer and mathematician. The main contributions he made in the field of science are:

  1. He said that the earth moves around the sun.
  2. He discovered the rule for finding the area of a triangle.
  3. He calculated the exact value of pi which was equal to 3.1416. The credit for development of trigonometry should actually go to him.
  4. In his work Surya Siddhanta, he explained the exact causes of solar and lunar eclipses.
  5. He was well acquainted with the decimal system and use of 'zero'.