Amazing Facts about INDIA !!!

1. India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.

2. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented zero.

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 B.C. was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software. And Sanskrit the mother of all European languages.

5. 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.

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty stricken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th century.

7. 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 word navy is also derives from Sanskrit word ‘Nou’.

8. Budhayana first calculated the value of pi, 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.

9 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 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10*53in Vedic period. Even today the largest number used is 10*12{*: -is pronounced as ‘to the power of’}.

10. According to the Geological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongstacademics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13. Chess was invented in India. It was called as ‘Shatranj’ or ‘Ashta Pada’

14. 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 anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment was used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley(Indus Valley Civilization).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in (100.BC.).

17. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun, hundreds of years before scientist Smart (5th century). Time taken by the earth to orbit the sun: 365.258756484 days.

18. According to Saka king Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called “Sudarshana” was constructed on the hills of Ravivataka during Chandragupta Maurya’s time.

Quotes about India.

1. We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. –Albert Einstein.

2. 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. -Mark Twain.

3. If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. - Hu Shih (former Chinese Ambassador to USA).

4. French scholar Romaine 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.

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow. I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.