Ancient Chinese proof
of Pythagoras Theorem
While it is not known as to on what basis Pythagoras
derived this theorem, this ancient Chinese proof
clearly shows that the people in the ancient east were
very much aware of this theorem well before
Pythagoras. In fact, the earliest known proof of this
theorem was provided by the ancient Indian Vedic
mathematicians, more than 2000 years before
Pythagoras....