In a quiet but significant shift, the Class 8 NCERT mathematics textbook has now introduced it as the Baudhayana-Pythagoras Theorem, tracing its origins in ancient Indian mathematical texts. The ...

This is for the first time that the Baudhāyana–Pythagoras Theorem has been introduced in Class 8 NCERT Math textbook. , ...

NCERT's revised Class 8 math textbook renames the Pythagoras Theorem to credit Baudhayana. The book aims to reduce rote ...

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