Which astronomer and mathematician of the Gupta period wrote the Aryabhatiya?

VarahamihiraCorrect answerYour answerBrahmaguptaCorrect answerYour answerAryabhataCorrect answerYour answerBhaskara IICorrect answerYour answer

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The Aryabhatiya is named for its author, Aryabhata, who wrote it in the fifth century CE.
Varahamihira and Brahmagupta came after him, and Bhaskara II several centuries later still.
India's first satellite was named Aryabhata after him, which is the link a general-knowledge paper often uses.

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