Consider the following statements about vedic period:
1. The zero was known in the vedic period.
2. Astronomy was well developed in the vedic period.
3. Vedic people calculated the distances among heavenly bodies from the sun.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Statement 1 is correct: The Zero was known in RigVedic times itself and due
to this, large numbers could also be recorded. Also the positional value of
each number with its absolute value was known.
Statement 2 is correct: In the Vedic period, astronomy was well developed. They knew the movement of heavenly bodies and calculated about their positions at
different times. It helped them in preparing accurate calendars and predicting the time of solar and lunar eclipses.
Statement 3 is correct: They also tried to calculate the time period taken for revolution and distances among heavenly bodies from the sun. The results of these calculations are almost the same as the ones done by modern methods.
They knew that the earth moved on its own axis and around the sun. The Moon moved around the earth.
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