“The Earth is round and rotates on its own axis.” Which Indian mathematician made this claim?
A
Aryabhatta
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B
Brahmagupta
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Solution
The correct option is A Aryabhatta Answer: 1. Aryabhatta
Solution:
Aryabhatta said that Earth is round and rotates on its own axis.
Nicolaus Copernicus was the first European scientist to propose that the earth and other planets revolve around the sun.
This was called the heliocentric theory of the solar system.