India and Indians!

1. ndia is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.


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


3. India is the world's largest democracy.
   
   Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world day.
   


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


5. The World's first university was established in
   Takshashila 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.
   


6. 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.
   


7. 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.
   


8. 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. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth.
   


9. The art of Navigation
   was bornin the river Sindhu 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is
   derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from
   Sanskrit 'Nou'.
   


10. 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.
    


11. 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.
    


12. 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 10**53(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 10**12(10 to the power
    of 12).
    


13. IEEE has proved what has been a century old
    suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of wireless
    communication was Prof. Jagdish Bose
    and not Marconi.
    


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


15. 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.
    


16. Chess (Shataranja
    or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
    


17. 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, embryology,
    digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
    


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


19. The four religions born in India,
    Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism,
    are followed by 25% of the world's population.
    


20. The place value system, the
    decimal system was developed in India
    in 100 BC.
    


21. India is one of the few countries in the World,
    which gained independence without violence.
    


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


23. India is the largest
    English speaking nation in the world.
    


24. India is the only country other than US and Japan,
    to have built a super computer
    indigenously.