Multiple choice general knowledge culture

By whom was the value of "pi" first calculated?

  1. Indian mathematicians

  2. Chinese mathematicians

  3. German mathematicians

  4. English mathematicians

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Explanation

Indian mathematicians, particularly Aryabhatta (5th century CE), first calculated the value of pi. He calculated pi as 3.1416, remarkably accurate for his time. This was centuries before European mathematicians worked on it.