Which of the following was not discovered by Aryabhatta?

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UGC NET Paper-2: History 9th Oct 2020 Shift 1

Answer 1

Aryabhatta was not discovered "The earth revolves around the sun".

Key Points

Aryabhatta was the first Indian mathematician and astronomer who lived in Kusumpur in Pataliputra (Bihar).
He did many discoveries like algebraic identities, trigonometrical functions, the value of pi, the Place value system, Theory of eclipses.
He worked on the approximation for pi to 3.1416.
Aryabhata also explained the solar and lunar eclipses in his book.
The shadow of the earth falling on the moon causes eclipses.
Aryabhata provided elegant results for the summation of a series of squares and cubes.
His works include the Aryabhaṭiya (499 CE, when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-Siddhanta.
The great discovery that the Earth rotates around its own axis from west to east is recorded in the Aryabhatiya.
Aryabhata did solve quadratic and indeterminate equations, and provided an extremely accurate approximation for “pi”.