seema_parihaar

Friends India have a very long history. and its population rises and reaches to about 1.12 bn. lets start a look back. From the dawn of history to now what are India's main contribution to the entire world. What we achieved? And what we pass to others in the flow of time?

patriot

Numbers!

India has given the world of mankind a counting system without which nothing else could progress.

Even Einstein acknowledged this fact.

sahid59

Zero Diya Mere Bharat Ne !
Tab Duniya Ko Ginti aayi

kousikmca

Most of the Wealth today that the rest of the world is enjoying is originated from India. And there are many things apart from this that India has contributed to the world..

ronak_patel1989

For about 10000 years India has been the cynosure of all eyes.
India was the richest country on the earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th century.
Over 5000 years ago when many cultures were only nomadic forests dwellers, Indians have already established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley civilization).
Sanskrit is considered as mother of all languages.
World’s first university was established in Taksshila in 700BC. More than 10500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects here.
Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun in 5th century BC to be 365.258756484 days.

The art of navigation was first born in Sindhu river 6000 years ago. The word navigation derived from Sanskrit word- Navgathi, and the word Nevy derived from Nau.

Chess was invented in India
India was the only source of diamonds until 1896, according to the Gemological Institute of America.

Its proven that pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdish Chandra Bosh, not Marconi.
India invented the number system

Zero was invented by Aryabhatt.

The largest numbers used by Hindus in 5000BC during the Vedic period was 1053 with specific names. The largest number used today is 1012
Calculus, Trigonometry and Algebra came from India.

The decimal system was developed in India in 100BC.

Quadratic equations were invented by Sridharacharya in 11th century.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

Charak consolidated Ayurveda more than 2500 years ago.

Susutra, the father of surgery conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, cesareans, artificial limbs, fractures etc.
Anesthesia was in use in Ancient India.

Over 125 surgical instruments were used in Ancient India.

Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology, digestion, metabolism, immunity and genetics is also found in ancient texts.

Catherine Xavi

Also one of the earliest societies to adopt a version of democracy (though only in small pockets) if I'm not wrong, almost at the same time as the Greeks. However monarchy was the dominant form of government.

Don't forget the famous treatise on sex either...

adrenalin

And what is this famous treatise on sex? Care to explain?

Vinipathak

cool but how can we forget Nalanda one of the finest edctional institutions on earth. Nalanda was the Harvard or Stanford of the period 427 to 1197 CE

pankajIndian

Contribution of India to the world is innumerable. As we can't count the stars in the sky, to count the contribution of India is also impossible. through out the ages India has been contributing in every aspect. Let us get inspired by this and endeavour to contribute more.

adrenalin

I get it now, 'Kamasutra' I am such a dumbo