WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA

     

      Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were
        recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD
        HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
       
        1.     India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of
               history.
        2.     India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by
               Aryabhatta.
        3.     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 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of
               ancient India in the field of education.
        4.     According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable
               language for computer software.
        5.     Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.
        6.     Although western media portray modern images of India as
               poverty striken and underdeveloped through  political
               corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.
        7.     The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years
               ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the
               Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.
        8.     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.
        9.     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 10 53.
        10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896,
            India was the only source of diamonds to the world.
        11. 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.
        12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
            Saurashtra.
        13. Chess was invented in India.
        14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health
            scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans,
            cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was
            well known in ancient India.
        15. 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).
        16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India

            in 100 BC.