Quotable Quotes
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 Roman 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."
Some More Facts:
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 Takshila in700 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 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. Christopher
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 BCE 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, cataracts, artificial legs, fractures,
urinary stones and
even plastic surgery and brain surgery.Usage
of anesthesia was well
known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical
equipment's 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
w
Quotable Quotes
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 Roman 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."
Some More Facts:
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 Takshila in700 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 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. Christopher
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 BCE 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, cataracts, artificial legs, fractures,
urinary stones and
even plastic surgery and brain surgery.Usage
of anesthesia was well
known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical
equipment's 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 100BC.
PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN