HISTORY
ANCIENT INDIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -Copernicus came with the Heliocentric Theory, which stated that that earth revolves around the sun.
Detailed explanation-3: -He stated that day and night were caused by the rotation of the earth on its axis. He developed a scientific explanation for eclipses. He also found a way of calculating the circumference of a circle. He wrote how the Earth was not the centre of the universe, but in fact revolved around the Sun.
Detailed explanation-4: -Aryabhatta was born in India in 476 AD. He also stated that the Earth was a spherical ball. It takes around 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds to rotate on its own axis.