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Some facts about Indians living in the U.S.A.

 

There are 3.22 Million Indians in America

38% of Doctors in America are Indians.

12% of Scientists in America are Indians.

36% of NASA employees are Indians.

34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians

28% of IBM employees are Indians

17% of INTEL employees are Indians

13% of XEROX employees are Indians

23% of Indian Community in America is having

Green-Card

 

 

Following FACTS ABOUT INDIA were recently published in

a German

Magazine which deals with WORLD HISTORY.

 

1. India never invaded any country in her last 10000

years of history.

 

2.India invented the Number System. Zero was invented

byAryabhatta.

 

3.. The World's first university was established in

Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all

over the world studies more than 60 subjects.

 

4.. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century

BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient

India in the field of education.

 

5.. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European

languages.

 

6.. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for

computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July

1987.

 

7.. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known

to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine

consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda

is fast regaining its rightful place in our

civilization.

 

8.. Although modern images of India often show poverty

and lack of development, India was the richest country

on earth until the time of British invasion in the

early 17th Century.

 

9.. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh

6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived

from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also

derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

 

10.. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the

earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the

astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the

sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.

 

11.. The value of "pi" was first calculated by

Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is

known as the Pythagorean Theorem.

 

He discovered this in the 6th century long before the

European mathematicians.

 

12.. Algebra,trigonometry and calculus came from

India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in

the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and

the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers

as big as 10**53(10 to the power of (53) with specific

names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period.

Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10

to the power of 12).

 

13.. According to the Gemological Institute of

America, up until 1896, India was the only source for

diamonds to the world.

 

14.. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century

old suspicion in the world scientific community that

the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof.

Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

 

15.. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was

built in Saurashtra.

 

16.. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a

beautiful lake called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on

the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's

time.

 

17.. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in

India.

 

18.. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago

he and health scientists of his time conducted

complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract,

artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones

and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of

anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125

surgical equipment were used.

 

19.. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology,

embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and

immunity is also found in many texts.

 

20.. When many cultures were only nomadic forest

Dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established

Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley

Civilization)

 

21.. The place value system, the decimal system was

developed in India in 100 BC.

 

22.. The fine art YOGA of keeping the body fit and

develop immunity against even dreaded diseases was

practised in India during early years.

 

23.. Last in the list but, Kamasutra, now being

accepted of all the basis of the art of sex has its

base in India and it was supported well by Khajuraho

temple and many other time-destroyed arts.

 

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA

 

1.. Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians,

who taught us how to count, without which no worth

while scientific discovery could have been made.

 

2.. Mark Twain said: India is, the cradle of the human

race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of

history, the grandmother of legend, and the great

grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most

structive materials in the history of man are

treasured up in India only.

 

3.. French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is

one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of

living men have found a home from the very earliest

days when man began the dream of existence, it is

India.

 

4.. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:

India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20

centuries without ever having to send a single soldier

across her border.

 

 

 

 

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