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Per NCERT, who first explicitly wrote down and studied the Virahānka-Fibonacci sequence — and in what context?
AVirahānka (7th century CE) in his work Vṛttajātisamuchaya, in the context of PRAKRIT meter and poetry
BBrahmagupta in his Brahmasphutasiddhanta
CFibonacci was the first — in 1200 CE in Italy
DAryabhata in his Aryabhatiya
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Virahānka (7th century CE) in his work Vṛttajātisamuchaya, in the context of PRAKRIT meter and poetry
Per NCERT, Virahānka (7th CE) first wrote it down studying Prakrit poetic meter — 500+ years before Fibonacci. Gopala (1135) + Hemachandra (1150) studied it later in India before Fibonacci.
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