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Name the Indian Mathematician who calculated the value of "pi" first

  1. Aryabhatta

  2. Budhayana

  3. Sridharacharya

  4. Bhaskaracharya
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Explanation

Budhayana (also spelled Baudhayana), author of the Baudhayana Sulba Sutras (circa 800 BCE), calculated the value of pi before other Indian mathematicians. Aryabhatta (5th century CE) came later. Bhaskaracharya and Sridharacharya were even later (12th century).

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