The Hindi term for Geography is 'BHUGOL'. It was first coined by which famous ancient Indian geographer?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Aryabhatta
The Hindi word Bhugol joins bhu (the Earth) and gol (a sphere or round body), so it means the study of the round Earth. The term is credited to Aryabhatta (476-550 CE), the astronomer and mathematician of the Gupta period, whose Aryabhatiya (499 CE) is one of the earliest texts to use bhugola for the Earth’s sphere and says that the Earth spins on its own axis, which causes day and night.