“Add four to one hundred, multiply by eight, and then add sixty-two thousand. The result is approximately the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand.”

— Aryabhata · Wisdom quote

“Add four to one hundred, multiply by eight, and then add sixty-two thousand. The result is approximately the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand.”

— ARYABHATA

Mathematician and astronomer · 476 – 550

Aryabhata was an Indian mathematician and astronomer whose Aryabhatiya, composed in 499 CE, gave an accurate approximation of pi and described the rotation of the Earth on its axis. He advanced the use of place value in Indian mathematics and correctly explained the causes of eclipses.

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