The facts below were recently

published in one of the German magazines

which deals with World History:

India never invaded any country in her

last 10,000 years of history.

India invented the Number System.
Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

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 CE was

one of the greatest achievements of

ancient India in the field of

education.

Sanskrit is the mother of all higher

languages. Sanskrit is the most

precise and therefore suitable

language for the computer software – a

report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.

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.

Although modern images of India often

show poverty and lack of

development, India was the richest

country on earth until the time the

British invaded and plundered India in the early 17th Century.

Christopher Columbus was attracted

by her wealth and was looking for

a route to India when he discovered

the American continent by mistake.

The art of Navigation was born in the

river Sindh 6000 years ago. The

very word Navigation is derived from

the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The

word navy is also derived from

Sanskrit ‘Nou’.

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. The value of ‘pi’ was

first calculated by Budhayana, and he

explained the concept of what is now

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. 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). 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’s

scientific community that the pioneer

of wireless communication was

Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

The earliest reservoir and dam for

irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

accorrding 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.

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. Deep knowledge

of anatomy, physiology, etiology,

embryology, digestion, metabolism,

genetics and immunity is also found in

many texts.

When many cultures were only nomadic

forest dwellers over 5000 years

ago, Indians established Harappan

civilization in the Sindhu Valley( also known as the 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.

Facts about Indians in America!

38% of Doctors in America are Indians.

12% of Scientists in America are

Indians.

36% of NASA employees are Indians.

34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians

28% of IBM employees are Indians

17% of INTEL employees are Indians

13% of XEROX employees are Indians

grapekid while u do that dont forget to thank the Indians for inventing the number system thanks to which u cud type what u just did!peace….