Amazing Facts - About India

• According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable Language for computer software.

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

• 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 Indians used numbers as big as 1053.

• Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was Once the richest empire on earth.

• Ayurveda, which is developed by Indians, is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

• Chess was invented in India.

• India has the most post offices in the world

• India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

• Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health Scientists of his time conducted surgeries like caesareans, cataract, Fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in Ancient India.

• The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

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

• The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices.

• The name `India' is derived from the River Indus

• The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.

• The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name `Hindustan' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus.

• The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.

• The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, 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.

• The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

• 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 BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

• Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world

• USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

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