With reference to the development of science and technology in ancient India find the correct statem...........

Ancient and Medieval History (Easy) Mauryan and Post Maurayan

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With reference to the development of science and technology in ancient India, find the correct statements:

The earliest expression of principles regarding the Pythagora’s theorem were contained in Sulvasutras

By the 2nd-century AD treatment for Kala-azar was known.

The concept of right and the acute angle was known by the 2nd century B.C.

All of the above

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Explanation:

The roots of Indian mathematics can be traced to the Sulvasutras (5th century B.C), appendices to the Shrautasutras Shulva means measurement and the Shulvasutras are manuals for the preparation of the site where Vedic sacrificial rituals were to be performed, dealing especially with the construction of Vedic brick fire altars.

Among other things, these manuals contain one of the earliest expressions of the principle behind what later came to be known as Pythagora?s theorem in geometry (the ancient Babylonians were also aware of this principle).
In the second century A.D India produced famous scholar Charaka who wrote Charaka Samhita which is like an encyclopedia of Indian medicine. It describes various types of fever leprosy, kala-azar, hysteria and tuberculosis.
?Apastamba Muni was great sutrakaara who compiled the Apastamba kalpasutra. In the second century B.C, Apastamba produced a practical geometry for the construction of altars at which the king could offer sacrifices. It describes an acute angle, obtuse angle and right angle. Hence all the statements are correct.