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Value of pi was first given by the semi god Krishna in Mahabharata to 32 accurate decimal places .In fact it can be extended more.Archimedes long later used an approximation method to calculate pi to 4 decimal places

see the link below for how to calculate pi to 32 accurate decimal places

http://archives.amritapuri.org/bharat/bharat.php

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Q: Who is the Chinese mathematician who estimated pi at 3.12159?
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