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1. India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
2. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
3. India is the world's largest democracy.
4. 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.
5. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
6. 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.
7. 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.
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.
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 invasion
in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's
wealth.
10. The art of Navigation was borni n the river Sindhu 6000 years ago.
The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The
word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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).
14. 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.
15. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
16. 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.
17. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
18. 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.
19. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years
ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley
Civilization).
20. The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and
Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
21. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India
in 100 BC.
22. India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained independence
without violence.
23. India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the
World. 24. India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.
25. India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a
super computer indigenously.
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