GK
INDIAN HISTORY
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phyisitian
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Astronomer
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medical practitioner
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aryabhatta (476–550 CE) was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Aryabhattya (499 CE, when he was 23 years old) and the Arya-siddhanta.
Detailed explanation-2: -Correct answer: Aryabhatta was a great astronomer.
Detailed explanation-3: -Aryabhatta was a fifth century mathematician, astronomer, astrologer and physicist. He was a pioneer in the field of mathematics.
Detailed explanation-4: -Brahmagupta, (born 598-died c. 665, possibly Bhillamala [modern Bhinmal], Rajasthan, India), one of the most accomplished of the ancient Indian astronomers. He also had a profound and direct influence on Islamic and Byzantine astronomy.
Detailed explanation-5: -In his spherical astronomy, he applied plane trigonometry to spherical geometry and gave calculations on solar, lunar eclipses. He discovered that the apparent westward motion of stars is due to the spherical Earth’s rotation about its own axis.