2016 · Q67
The Lilavati of Bhaskara is a standard text on:
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AMathematics
- BSurgery
- CPoetics
- DLinguistics
Explanation
The Lilavati, composed by Bhaskaracharya (Bhaskara II) in the 12th century, is a celebrated Sanskrit treatise on arithmetic and geometry (mensuration), forming part of his Siddhanta Shiromani. It has nothing to do with surgery (like the Sushruta Samhita), poetics or linguistics. It is a standard text on mathematics, option (A).