Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who discovered the trigonometric functions?

  1. Pingala

  2. Aryabhatta

  3. Charak

  4. Madhava of Sangamagrama

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Aryabhatta, in his work Aryabhatiyam (499 CE), defined trigonometric functions including sine (jya), cosine (kojya), versine (utkrama-jya), and inverse sine. This preceded similar developments in Islamic and European mathematics by centuries.