Baudhayana theorem
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Baudhayana | The Great Indian Mathematician
21 September 2020
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Who is Baudhayana?
Baudhayana (800 BC - 740 BC) is said to be the original Mathematician behind the Pythagoras theorem.
Pythagoras theorem was indeed known much before Pythagoras, and it was Indians who discovered it at least 1000 years before Pythagoras was born! The credit for authoring the earliest Sulba Sutras goes to him.
It is widely believed that he was also a priest and an architect of very high standards.
It is possible that Baudhayana’s interest in Mathematical calculations stemmed more from his work in religious matters than a keenness for mathematics as a subject itself. Undoubtedly he wrote the Sulbasutra to provide rules for religious rites, and it would appear almost certain that Baudhayana himself would be a Vedic priest.
The Sulbasutras is like a guide to the Vedas w