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The Legacy of Indian Astronomy in the Modern World
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Which Indian astronomer is credited with developing the concept of the heliocentric model of the solar system?
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Aryabhata
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Aryabhata, a renowned Indian astronomer and mathematician, proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system in the 5th century CE, centuries before Copernicus.