By the year 200 C.E., it had been worked out to the equivalent of 3.1416, a figure that Chinese and Indian mathematicians had independently confirmed by the early sixth century C.E.
Aastaks 200 m.a.j. oldi jõutud juba väärtuseni 3,1416, kusjuures sama tulemust kinnitasid ka 6. sajandi algusest pärit hiina ja india matemaatikute iseseisvalt tehtud arvutused.