Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

the 'Pythagoras theorem' has been developed by which indian

  1. panini(400 bc)

  2. Baudhayana(800 bc)

  3. Pingala (900 bc)

  4. Aryabhatta
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Explanation

Baudhayana (800 BC) documented the Pythagorean theorem in his Baudhayana Sulba Sutra before Pythagoras. The theorem appears as the diagonal of a rectangle produces the area which the two sides of the rectangle make separately. This predates Pythagoras by several centuries.

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