The facts below were recently
published in one of the German magazines
which deals with World History:
India never invaded any country in her
last 10,000 years of history.
India invented the Number System.
Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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 CE was
one of the greatest achievements of
ancient India in the field of
education.
Sanskrit is the mother of all higher
languages. Sanskrit is the most
precise and therefore 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. It
is the only system which takes the
holistic view of the person being
treated.
Although modern images of India often
show poverty and lack of
development, India was the richest
country on earth until the time the
British invaded and plundered India in the early 17th Century.
Christopher Columbus was attracted
by her wealth and was looking for
a route to India when he discovered
the American continent by mistake.
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'.
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 now
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). According to the
Gemological 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's
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.
accorrding 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 even 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
civilization in the Sindhu Valley( also known as the 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.
Facts about 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
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