Multiple choice general knowledge history

The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician

  1. srinivasa ramanujan

  2. Budhayana

  3. shakuntala devi

  4. buddhadeb bhattacharya
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Explanation

Baudhayana (also spelled Budhayana) was an ancient Indian mathematician who calculated the value of pi as 3.1416 in his Sulba Sutras around 800 BCE. Ramanujan worked on pi much later in modern times. Shakuntala Devi was a mental calculator, not an ancient mathematician.

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