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# A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in Perspective) c8.s6.55

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### [c8.s6.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.sarma-1972.c8.s6.55)

That is, for a diameter of 9¹¹, the circumference is 28,27,43,33,88,233. The value of π from this, correct to eleven decimal places, would be 3.14159265359, which accords closely with the modern value of π, which is 3.14159265.

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