Facts About India

Quotable Quotes
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 grandmother 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.”

Indian Outlook at Humanity
India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

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

The World’s first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. 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 most 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 all over the world.

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.

The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very
word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit roots, nau (raft) & gatih (movement). The word “navy” is also derived from the same Sanskrit root `nau’ (nauka) .

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 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 Indians used numbers as big as
1053 with specific names as early as 5000 BC during the Vedic period.Even
today, the largest used number is Tera:1012.

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

The USA based IEEE proves what has been a century old suspicion in the world
scientific community that the pioneer of wireless communication was Acharya Jagdeesh Chandra Bose and not Marconi.

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.

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, contracts,
artificial legs, 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 Europeans 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.

Meraa Bhaarat Mahaan,

Some interesting information:
There are 3.22 Million Indians in America
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
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.

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