India

     India's Gifts to the World     

After making a mark in the field of IT,
Indians are making waves in the field of Biotechnology.
According to one research, India will emerge as a super power in IT and
Medical research by 2025.

     Did You Know ?     

Who is the Co-founder of Sun Microsystems? - Vinod Khosla
Who is the creator of the Pentium Chip? - Vinod Dahm
Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail? - Sabeer Bhatia
Who is the Testing Director of Windows 2000? - Sanjay Tejwrika

Do you find anything common in the above? Yes they are all Indians

     FACTS     

India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years history.

India invented the Number System.

India invented the number zero.

Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages.

Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software,
as reported by Forbes Magazine.

Ayurveda is the oldest 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 show poverty and lack of development,
India was the richest country on the earth
until the time of British invasion in the early 17^th Century.

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 the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun
hundreds of years before the astronomer - Smart.

The value of - Pi, was first calculated by Budhayana,
and he explained the concept of what is know as Pythagorean Theorem.
He discovered this in the 6^th century, long before the European mathematicians.

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India.

Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11^th century.

According to the Gemological Institute of America, up till 1896,
India was the only source for Diamonds to the world.

USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion that the pioneer of
Wireless communications was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

Chess 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, Cataract, Artificial Limbs, Fractures,
Urinary Stones and even Plastic Surgery and Brain Surgery.
Use of Anesthesia was well know in ancient India. Over 125 surgical instruments were used.
Deep knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Etiology, Embryology, Digestive System,
Metabolism, Genetics and Immunity is also found in many ancient texts.

When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago,
Indians established Harappan culture in the Sindhu Valley ( Indus Valley Civilization ).

     FAMOUS QUOTES ABOUT INDIA