Who first proposed in ancient India that matter is made of indivisible particles called parmanus?
- Sushruta
- Acharya Kanada
- Aryabhata
- Charaka
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Correct answer: B. Acharya Kanada
Acharya Kanada (~6th century BCE) proposed in his Vaisesika Sutras that if matter (dravya) is repeatedly divided, you reach the smallest indivisible particles — parmanus.
This was one of the earliest atomistic theories, paralleling Greek thinkers Leucippus and Democritus.