Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Facts about India(more)

India is the largest in the world's oldest continuous civilization.
• India has never invaded any country in the last 10,000 years of history.
• India is the world's largest democracy. called Varanasi, as Benares, was called the "ancient city" when he visited the Buddha in 500 BC
 and is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world today.
• India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
• The world's first university was founded in 700 BC Takshashila. Over 10,500 students from around the world studied more than 60 subjects.
 • The University of Nalanda in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the fields of integrated education.
 • Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages.
• Sanskrit is the language most appropriate for software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
 • Ayurveda is the oldest school of medicine known to man.
• Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast finding its rightful place in our civilization.
 • 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 the wealth of India.
• The art of navigation was bornIn the river Sindhu 6000 years ago.
• Navigating word is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The navy is also derived from the word 'Nou' in Sanskrit.
 • Bhaskaracharya calculated the time of the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. (5th century) 365.258756484 days: time to circle the Earth taken by the sun.
 • The value of pi has been 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 by Sridharacharya 11th Century.
• The largest number of Greeks and Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10 ** 53 (10-53) with specific names as early as 5000 BC during the Vedic period.
 • Even today, the highest number used is Tera 10 ** 12 (10-12).
• IEEE has proved what has been a centuries-old suspicion in the scientific community, the pioneer of wireless communication Professor Jagdish Bose and not Marconi.
 • The first reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
• According to Saka King Rudradaman I was called by 150 CE a beautiful lake in the hills of Sudarshana built during Chandragupta Maurya Raivataka time.
 • Chess (or Shataranja 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.
 • Use of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used.
 • Good knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
 • In many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley
 Civilization).
• The four Indian religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and day, followed by 25% of world population.
 • The value system, the decimal system developed in India 100 BC.
• India is one of the few countries in the world, gained independence without violence.
 • India has the second largest pool of scientists and engineers worldwide.
• India is the largest English speaking country in the world.
• India is the only country outside the United States and Japan, building a supercomputer have nationally.
 • India is the largest democratic country, the right to give all citizens over 18 vote. Until then, developed countries like USA and so allowed
 only the wealth, government officials and voting.

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