Friday, 24 May 2013

INDIA

PROUD TO BE INDIAN
Interesting facts about INDIA

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 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.

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

suitable language for computer software reported 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

fastregaining 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 (10 to the power of 6) whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 1053(10 to the power of 53)

 with specific names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used

number isTera 1012(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.


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