India invented the number system. Who among the following invented the 'zero'?
AAryabhatta ✓ Correct
BBhaskaracharya
CBudhayana
DSushruta
Correct answer: (A) Aryabhatta
Explanation
The concept of 'zero' is credited to Aryabhatta, the great mathematician-astronomer.
Bhaskaracharya was a later mathematician known for works like the Lilavati.
Budhayana (Baudhayana) is associated with early geometry and the Sulba Sutras.
Sushruta was an ancient authority on surgery and medicine, not mathematics.
The decimal place-value system that gave zero its power also originated in India.
Aryabhatta composed the Aryabhatiya in 499 CE.
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