facts about india

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC.
More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60
subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century CE was
one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the
most suitable language for the computer software a report in Forbes
magazine, July 1987.

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.

Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of
development, India was the richest country on earth until the time
of British in the early 17th Century. Cristopher Columbus was attracted
by her wealth. Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and other "raiders" couldn't
keep their hands off it. It was known as the land of "milk and honey".

The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago.
The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAV Gatih.The
word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

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.

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.

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic
equations were propounded 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).

Hindus had the largest measure of time, called kalpa, which is the
time between the birth and the ultimate collapse of the universe. This
measure comes close to the currently accepted life-span, according
to the pulsating theory of the known universe, which is around 25 billion years.

According to the Geological Institute of America, up until 1896,
India was the only source for diamonds to the world.

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.

The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a
beautiful lake aptly called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on the hills
of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

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
seven plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well
known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipments were used. Deep
knowledge of anatomy physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion,
metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years
ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus
Valley Civilization)

The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA

Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us
how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could
have been made.

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 grand mother of tradition. our most valuable
and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up
in India only.

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.

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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