Consider the following pairs. Indian Mathematicians----Contributions1.Sulbasutras---Pythagorean theorem2.Aryabhata----- -Introduced the profound ‘bhavana’ law3. Madhava---Discovered the infinite series for piWhich of the above pair is/are matched correctly?

[A] a.1 and 2 only

[B] b.2 and 3 only

[C] c.1 and 3 only

[D] d.1, 2 and 3 only

Answer: C

Notes:

Indian Mathematicians – Contributions

Sulbasutras – Pythagorean theorem
Aryabhata – Described algorithms for extracting square root and cube root
Brahmagupta – Introduced the profound ‘bhavana’ law of composition for solving quadratic indeterminate equations.
Madhava – Discovered the infinite series for pi

Source: PIB

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