Facts

[Seatherny]

Hmmm Rups sent me these ...

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.



02. India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented ‘zero.’



03. 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 4th century BC was one of
the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.



04. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable
language for computer software.



05. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.



06. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty
striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the
richest empire on earth.



07. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago.
The very word “Navigation” is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.



08. 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.



09. 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 1053.



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.
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.

12% scientists in USA are Indians.

36% of NASA scientists are Indians.

34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.

28% of IBM employees are Indians.

17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.

13% of XEROX employees are Indians.
Quotes about India.



We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no
worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.

Albert Einstein.

[Ostinato]

Interesting stuff!

[lust]

interesting. [:

[alexxxxx]

very nicee. =]

[cocaine]

He knows his Indian stuff!

[-Soph-]

Some good facts there

[Eamonn]

I'm just amazed India is a she.

[Jamie!]

Interesting stuff, when I was on my work experience they had flown in an Indian to programme Scada onto all the computers, he was well brainy

[Metric.]

FACTS:
the only things we can depend on are death and taxes.

[dirrty]

Good facts