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Indian Contributions to Combinatorics

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Which Indian mathematician is credited with introducing the concept of 'Pascal's Triangle' centuries before Pascal?

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Pingala, an ancient Indian mathematician, introduced the concept of 'Meru Prastara' or 'Pascal's Triangle' in his work 'Chanda Shastra' around the 2nd century BCE.

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