FACTS ABOUT INDIA

• India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
• India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
• The World's first university was established in Takshshila 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.
• 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.
• The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago.
• The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATHI. 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. This theorem is nothing but Shulva Sutra. He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
• Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India;

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