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=>>India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.
=>>India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented ‘zero.’
=>>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.
=>>According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most
suitable language for computer software.
=>>Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
=>>Although western media portray modern images of India as
poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption,
India was once the richest empire on earth.
=>>The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years
ago. The very word “Navigation” is derived from the Sanskrit
word NAVGATIH.
=>>The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he
explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean
Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially
published that Budhayan’s works dates to the 6th Century, which
is long before the European mathematicians.
=>>Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from Inida. Quadratic
equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11th Century; the
largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas
Indians used numbers as big as 1053.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. -Eleanor Roosevelt
=>>According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
=>> USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old
suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless
communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
=>>The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra.
=>>Chess was invented in India.
=>> Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and
health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like
cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of
anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.
=>> When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest
dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan
culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).
=>>The place value system, the decimal system was developed in
India in 100 BC.
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