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These interesting facts about ancient India are
an eye opener for everyone. Read these facts of ancient India.
Ancient India Facts |
India is a country that will mesmerize you with its
intriguing history and fascinating past. Though life has become very
complex in modern times, yet the interesting facts of India continue to
awe people all over the world. India was no ordinary country and had the
components of a prosperous nation since ancient times. The rich history
of India is full of such interesting facts that one is bound to sit and
analyze this fascinating country's history with much enthusiasm. For an
amazing collection of facts on ancient India, scroll down.
- Indians established Harappan culture in Indus Valley Civilization
at a time when many cultures comprised of nomadic forest dwellers
over 5000 years ago.
- The game of chess was invented in India.
- The birth of Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus happened in
India.
- The Decimal and Place Value system originated and developed in
India.
- In the 13th century, a poet saint named Gyandev introduced the
game of Snakes and Ladders. Known as Mokshapat during those times,
the game had a significant meaning. The snakes stood for vices while
the ladders represented good virtues. The essence of the game was
that the ladders or good virtues take people to heaven while snakes
or vices take people to a cycle of re-births.
- In 700 BC, the world's university was established in India in
Takshila. It was one of the biggest achievements in the field of
education as more than 10,500 students came from all over the world
to receive education in over 60 different subjects. The University
of Nalanda was another milestone that was achieved in the field of
education in 4th century BC.
- The earliest school of medicine known to mankind was Ayurveda and
it originated in India. It was consolidated 2500 ago by Charaka,
Father of Medicine.
- 6000 years back, the art of navigation was developed in the River
Indus, which was known as Sindh then. In fact, the word 'navigation'
is a derivation of the Sanskrit word 'Navgatih'.
- The correct time taken by the earth to revolve around the sun was
calculated by the famous astronomer Bhaskaracharya. His calculation
showed that the earth takes around 365.258756484 days to go around
the sun once.
- In the 6th century, the famous Indian Budhayana mathematician
calculated the value "Pi" and also explained the concept
of the Pythagoras Theorem.
- In the 11th century, Quadratic Equations were introduced by
Sridharacharya. Indians used numbers that were way too bigger than
European numbers. While the latter limited themselves till 106, the
Indians went a step ahead and used numbers as big as 1053.
- Surgery existed in India 2600 years ago when the Father of
Surgery known as Sushruta conducted many complex surgeries. The
valuable ancient scriptures have detailed information on Cataract,
Artificial Limbs, Cesareans, Fractures, Urinary Stone Surgery,
Plastic Surgery and Brain Surgeries. Anesthesia was used in ancient
India and one finds detailed knowledge of the human anatomy and its
functions.
- Two major religions, Buddhism and Jainism were established in
India in 500 and 600 BC.
- The oldest city in the world that is still inhabited today is
Varanasi or Benaras.
- The art of Yoga that is now popular world wide originated in
India and was performed by highly revered sages in ancient times.
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