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some interesting facts about INDIA

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  • India has never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history.
  • India invented the number system (ARYABHATTA invented zero).
  • India established the first university at Thakshasila in 700 B.C.
  • Sanskrit is the mother of all European languages.
  • Sanskrit is the best suited language for computer software(Forbes magazine, July 1987)
  • Ayurveda is the earliest system of medicine known to humans.
  • The art of navigation originated in the river Sindh , 6000 years ago.
  • Navigation comes from the word "NAV GATIH".
  • Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by Earth to orbit the Sun as 365.258756484 days (in 5th century A.D.).
  • In the 6th century A.D. Budhayana calculated the value of "PI".
  • Quadratic equations were propunded by Sridharacharya in the 11th century A.D.
  • According to the Gemological Institute Of America, upto 1896, India was the only source for "DIAMONDS".
  • IEEE has proved an age old suspicion that the pioneer of "wireless communication" is Jagdish chandra bose and not Marconi.
  • The earliest Resorvoir and Dam was built in Saurashtra, India during Chandra gupta Maurya's time (300 B.C.).
  • Chess originated in India.
  • Susruta is known as the "Father of Surgery", performing complex surgeries as many as 2600 years ago.

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