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India is the world's largest,
oldest, continuous civilization
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Varanasi, also known as
Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500
B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today?
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India never invaded any
country in her last 10000 years of history.
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India is the world's largest
democracy.
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Grammar constitutes one of
India's greatest contributions to Western philology. Panini, the Sanskrit
grammarian, who lived between 750 and 500 BC, was the first to compose
formal grammar through his Astadhyai.
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India invented the Number
System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
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The World's first university
was established in Takshashila 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.
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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.
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Ayurveda is the earliest school of
medicine known to humans.
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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.
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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. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's
wealth.
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The
art of Navigation was bornin 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'.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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India exports software to 90 countries?
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According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was
the only source for diamonds to the world.
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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.
Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.
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The
earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
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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.
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Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India..
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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.
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The founder and creator of Hotmail,
the world's best - known email program, Sabeer Bhatia, is Indian.
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When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago,
Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley
Civilization)
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The
four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are
followed by 25% of the world's population?
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Islam is India's and the world's second largest religion?
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Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C.E and 52
A.D respectively.
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The
Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the
world's largest religious pilgrimage destination, larger than either Rome or
Mecca, with an average of 30,000 visitors every day giving donations to the
temple of $6 million (U.S.) daily?
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The
place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
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The
Co-founder of Sun Microsystems, Vinod Khosla, is Indian.
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The
head of the team that developed the Pentium co-processor, Vinod Dham, is
Indian.
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The
founder and creator of Hotmail, the world's best-known web-based email
program, Sabeer Bhatia, is Indian.
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The
testing Director of Windows 2000, Sanjay Tejwrika, is Indian.
