WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT

published in a German magazine, which deals
with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.



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



2. India invented the Number system.
Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.





3. 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.



4. According to the Forbes magazine,
Sanskrit is the most suitable

language for computer software.





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



6. Although western media portray
modern images of India as poverty

striken and underdeveloped through political
corruption, India was once the

richest empire on earth.





7. The art of navigation was born in
the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The

very word “Navigation” is derived from the
Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.



8. 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.





9. 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 Gemological 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.