Saturday, September 26, 2009

Amazing INDIA!

India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization

The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'

Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India

Sushruta who lived in 600 BC is the father of surgery

The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindhu 6000 years ago

India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India

India invented the Number System

Varanasi is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans

The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra

Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages

Zero was invented by Aryabhatta

India is the world's largest democracy

The decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC

The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana in the 6th century

The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700 BC

India was the richest country on earth until the time of British

India is the largest English speaking nation in the world

India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the World

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