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The Study of the Universe in Ancient India
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Which ancient 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 astronomer and mathematician from ancient India, proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system in the 5th century CE, where the Sun is at the center and the planets revolve around it.