OUR INDIA
Indians!!
Facts About India
(Recently
published in a German Magazine which deals with WORLD HISTORY)
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 700BC.
More than 10,500 students from all over the world studies 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.
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.
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. 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.
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 known as the Pythagorean
Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the
European mathamaticians.
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 1053 (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 1012(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 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. 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.
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 equipment were used.
Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, mbryology,
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 culture in
Sindhu valley (IndusValley 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
structive 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.
All the above is
just the TIP of the iceberg, the list could be endless. BUT, if
we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that
we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our
potential and that if we do, we could once again be an ever
shining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of
the world to follow.
