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Which advancements were made by Ancient Indian scientists?
A
They came up with the idea that the Earth was round and revolved around the sun.
B
They introduced the idea that the sun revolced around the Earth, and that Earth was flat.
C
They discovered the theory of relativity.
D
They discovered how to perform organ transplants.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The most significant among them was Aryabhatta whose book, Aryabhatiya, represented the pinnacle of astronomical knowledge at the time. He correctly propounded that the Earth is round, rotates on its own axis and revolves around the Sun i.e the heliocentric theory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indians invented zero and the number system, one of the greatest innovations in history. The decimal system, the value of pi, algebra, trigonometry, calculus and many mathematical concepts were all born in India.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ancient India Yajnavalkya (c. 9th– 8th century BC) recognized that the Earth is spherical and believed that the Sun was “the centre of the spheres” as described in the Vedas at the time. In his astronomical text Shatapatha Brahmana (8.7.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ancient Indian astronomers used the stars and the planets to create astrological charts and read omens, devising sophisticated mathematical models and developing many interesting theories, many of which passed into the Islamic world and Europe.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ancient Dentistry (7000 BC) Ayurveda (5000 BC) Ancient flush toilet systems (2500 BC) Ruler (2400 BC) Weighing scale (2400BC) Plastic surgery (2000 BC) Pythagorean theorem (700 BC) Crucible steel (200BC) More items •26-Jan-2018

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