FACTS ABOUT INDIA THAT MAKE US PROUD.
1)"India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history."
2)"It is the only society in the world which has never known slavery."
3)"India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta."
4)'The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC."
5)"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 ofeducation."
6)"Sanskrit is the mother of all higher languages."
7)"Sanskrit is the
most precise and therefore suitable language for the computer software
- a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987."
8)"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."
9)"
Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of
development, India was the richest country on earth until the time
of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was
attracted by her wealth and was looking for route to India when he
discovered American continent by mistake."
10)"
The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago."
11)"
The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'."
12)"Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the
sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart."
13)" Time taken by
earth to orbit the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days."
14)"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.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic
equations were propounded by Sridharacharya in the 11th century."
15)"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).
16)"
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 scientific
community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof Jagdeesh
Bose and not Marconi."
17)"The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
Saurashtra.According 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."
18)"
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."
19)" Deep
knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion,
metabolism,genetics and immunity is also found in many texts."
20)"
When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000
years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (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.
Chinmay said:
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