PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN......
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> >>>>Subject: 0 and INDIA??
> >>>>
> >>>>Some of these facts may be known to you. These facts were
> >>>>recently published in a German Magazine which deals with WORLD
> >>>>HISTORY.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>FACTS ABOUT INDIA
> >>>>
> >>>>a.. India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of
> >>>>history.
> >>>>
> >>>>b.. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by
> >>>>Aryabhatta.
> >>>>
> >>>>c.. 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>d.. 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>e.. 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>f.. 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>g.. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years
> >>>>ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word
> >>>>NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
> >>>>
> >>>>h.. 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>i.. 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>j.. 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).
> >>>>
> >>>>k.. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until
> >>>>1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
> >>>>
> >>>>l.. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century old
> >>>>suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of
> >>>>wireless communication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
> >>>>
> >>>>m.. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in
> >>>>Saurashtra.
> >>>>
> >>>>n.. 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>o.. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
> >>>>
> >>>>p.. 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.
> >>>>
> >>>>q.. When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over
> >>>>5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu
> Valley
> >>>>Indus Valley Civilization)
> >>>>
> >>>>r.. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in
> >>>>India in 100 BC.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>QUOTES ABOUT INDIA
> >>>>
> >>>>a.. Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who
> >>>>taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific
> >>>>discovery could have been made.
> >>>>
> >>>>b.. Mark Twain said: 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. Our
> >>>>most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man
> are
> >>>>treasured up in India only.
> >>>>
> >>>>c.. French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on
> >>>>the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found
> >>>>a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of
> >>>>existence, it is India.
> >>>>
> >>>>d.. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said: India
> >>>>conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries
> >>>>without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
> >>>>
> >>>>All the above is just the TIP of the iceberg, the list could be
> >>>>endless. BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India
> >>>>in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not
> >>>>working up to our potential and that if we do, we could once again
> be
> >>an
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> >>>>evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of
> >>>>the world to follow.
> >>>>
> >>>>HOW ABOUT PASSING THIS MESSAGE ONTO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN
> >>>>
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