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So)e of the fo&&o'in* facts )ay +e kno'n to you. %hese facts 'ere recent&y #u+&ishe$ in a "er)an )a*azine, 'hich $ea&s 'ith W9 7; <(S%9 / =AC%S AB9.% (4;(A. 2. (n$ia never inva$e$ any country in her &ast 2>>> years of history. -. (n$ia invente$ the 4u)+er syste). ?ero 'as invente$ +y Arya+hatta. ,. %he 'or&$@s first .niversity 'as esta+&ishe$ in %akshi&a in 6>>BC. More than 2>,A>> stu$ents fro) a&& over the 'or&$ stu$ie$ )ore than 3> su+!ects. %he .niversity of 4a&an$a +ui&t in the 5 th century BC 'as one of the *reatest achieve)ents of ancient (n$ia in the fie&$ of e$ucation. 5. Accor$in* to the =or+es )a*azine, Sanskrit is the )ost suita+&e &an*ua*e for co)#uter soft'are. A. Ayurve$a is the ear&iest schoo& of )e$icine kno'n to hu)ans. 3. A&thou*h 'estern )e$ia #ortray )o$ern i)a*es of (n$ia as #overty striken an$ un$er$eve&o#e$ throu*h #o&itica& corru#tion, (n$ia 'as once the richest e)#ire on earth. 6. %he art of navi*ation 'as +orn in the river Sin$h A>>> years a*o. %he very 'or$ B4avi*ationB is $erive$ fro) the Sanskrit 'or$ 4AV"A%(<. 0. %he va&ue of #i 'as first ca&cu&ate$ +y Bu$hayana, an$ he ex#&aine$ the conce#t of 'hat is no' k: no'n as the Cytha*orean %heore). British scho&ars have &ast year D2EEEF officia&&y #u+&ishe$ that Bu$hayan@s 'orks $ates to the 3 th Century 'hich is &on* +efore the Euro#ean )athe)aticians. E. A&*e+ra, tri*ono)etry an$ ca&cu&us ca)e fro) (n$ia . Qua$ratic eGuations 'ere +y Sri$haracharya in the 22 th CenturyH the &ar*est nu)+ers the "reeks an$ the o)ans use$ 'ere 2>3 'hereas (n$ians use$ nu)+ers as +i* as 2> A,. 2>. Accor$in* to the "e))o&o*ica& (nstitute of A)erica, u# unti& 20E3, (n$ia 'as the on&y source of $ia)on$s to the 'or&$. 22. .SA +ase$ (EEE has #rove$ 'hat has +een a centuryIo&$ sus#icion a)on*st aca$e)ics that the #ioneer of 'ire&ess co))unication 'as Cr: ofessor Ja*$eesh Bose an$ not Marconi. 2-. %he ear&iest reservoir an$ $a) for irri*ation 'as +ui&t in Saurashtra. 2,. Chess 'as invente$ in (n$ia . 25. Sushruta is the father of sur*ery. -3>> years a*o he an$ hea&th scientists of his ti)e con$ucte$ sur*eries &ike cesareans, cataract, fractures an$ urinary stones. .sa*e of anaesthesia 'as 'e&& kno'n in ancient (n$ia . 2A. When )any cu&tures in the 'or&$ 'ere on&y no)a$ic forest $'e&&ers over A>>> years a*o, (n$ians esta+&ishe$ <ara##an cu&ture in Sin$hu Va&&ey D (n$us Va&&ey Civi&isationF. 23. %he #&ace va&ue syste), the $eci)a& syste) 'as $eve&o#e$ in (n$ia in 2>> BC.

Quotes a+out (n$ia . We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. A&+ert Einstein. India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition. Mark %'ain. If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of e istence, it is India . =rench scho&ar o)ain o&&an$. India con!uered and dominated "hina culturally for #$ centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border. <u Shih (former "hinese ambassador to %&' ) A77 9= %<E AB9VE (S J.S% %<E %(C 9= %<E (CEBE ", %<E 7(S% C9.7; BE E4;7ESS. B.%, if 'e $on@t see even a *&i)#se of that *reat (n$ia in the (n$ia that 'e see to$ay, it c&ear&y )eans that 'e are not 'orkin* u# to our #otentia&H an$ that if 'e $o, 'e cou&$ once a*ain +e an evershinin* an$ ins#irin* country settin* a +ri*ht #ath for rest of the 'or&$ to fo&&o'. ( ho#e you en!oye$ it an$ 'ork to'ar$s the 'e&fare of (4;(A .

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