Facts about India

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Fast facts about India (Did you know?)

 

You may know some of these facts. These facts 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 by Aryabhatta.

 

 

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. The University of Nalanda built in the

4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India

in the field of education.

 

 

4. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is

the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes

magazine, July 1987.

 

5. 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.

 

6. 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.

 

7. 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'.

 

8. 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.

 

 

9. 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.

 

10. 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).

 

11. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896,

India was the only source for diamonds to the world.

 

12. 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.

 

13. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in

Saurashtra.

 

14. 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.

 

15. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

 

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

embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also

found in many texts.

 

17. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000

years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley

(Indus Valley Civilization)

 

18. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India

in 100 BC.