India's Great Contributions
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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."
- 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 grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the
history of man are treasured up in India only."
- 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."
- 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."
The great India
India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC.
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.
Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for the computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987.
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.
Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British in the early 17th Century. Cristopher columbus was attracted by her wealth.
The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAV Gatih. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit `Nou'.
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.
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.
Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were propounded 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 with specific names as early as 5000 BC during the Vedic period.Even today, the largest used number is Tera:1012.
According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
USA based IEEE proves 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.
The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
According to Saka King Rudradaman-I of 150 CE a beautiful lake aptly called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's time.
Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, contracts, artificial legs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery.Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipments were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and
immunity is also found in many texts.
When Europeans were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago,Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization)
The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
India the summit of culture,tradition and now, technology
celebrates its 50th year of Independence, its
GOLDEN JUBILEE along with its neigbhour Pakistan.
Inspite of many handicapps India has grown to a great extent in the past 50 years
compared to its neighbour which got independence at the same period .
India has indegeniously developed Super computer PARAM installed at many places by the
Center for Advanced Computing C-DAC
It has brought in the concept of Software technology parks
(STP) to prmote the blooming software industry of the country.India has some http servers find their list
here or hereTo know more about the
the Indian software industry click here.
The Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) is one of the leading research
institutions of India engaged in basic research in several areas of experimental and
theoretical physics and earth sciences. Founded by Dr. Vikram A Sarabhai in
November 1947, PRL is an autonomous research institute under the Department
of Space, Government of India. PRL initiated the formation of the
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and thus served as the cradle of the Indian Space
Programme.
Some Serious Links related to India
India web. An overview of India U name
it there will be a link in it
India Watch . A joint venture between
VSNL CMC and PNC
India Online. Links to Indian Subcontinent
Destination India. National Information center
Khoj. A Search Engine on India
My India.com. Happenings of india
Surf India. India Related Search
India Alumini Page. A page dedicated to Alumins of Indian Colleges
Internet in India.
Want anything in Indian internet service ask here and U'll get it
CSIR.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
S&T india. links to the various Science and Technology development organisations
IT india. Various links related to the IT industry in India
Tata Inst. of Fundamental Research. Home Page
India Pak 50.
Real audio about India & Pak.
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can update them.Ur suggestions for the improvement of this site is very much welcomed.This page content may look unorganised
since I did in a hurry so please suggest to improve it
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