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Indian Contributions to Astronomy and Cosmology
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Who was the first Indian astronomer to propose a heliocentric model of the solar system?
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Aryabhata
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Aryabhata, in the 5th century CE, proposed a heliocentric model in which the Earth and other planets revolved around the Sun.