|
WORLD
HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
A. India never invaded any country in
her last 10000 years of history.
B. India
invented the Number System. Zero was
invented by Aryabhatta.
C. The World's first university was
established in Takshila in 700BC. More than
10,500
students from
all over the world studied 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.
D. Sanskrit is the mother of all the
European languages.
Sanskrit is the
most suitable language for computer software
reported in Forbes
magazine,
July 1987.
E. 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.
F. 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.
G .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'.
H. 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.
I. 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.
J. 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 10^6(10 to
the power of 6)
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 1012(10 to
the power of 12).
K. According to the Gemological
Institute of America, up until 1896,
India was the only source for diamonds to
the world.
L. 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.
M. The earliest reservoir and dam for
irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
N. According to Saka King Rudradaman
1 of 150 CEO's a beautiful lake called
'Sudarshana'
was constructed on the hills of Raivataka
during Chandragupta Maurya's
time.
O. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada)
was invented in India.
P. 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, mbryology, digestion,metabolism,
genetics and
immunity is also found in many texts.
Q. When many cultures were only
nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago,
Indians
established
Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley(Indus
Valley Civilization)
R. The place value system, the
decimal system was developed in India
in 100 BC.
|
india
facts