Yet Another Set of Info

Science We Indians Knew thousands of years back !!!

Lecture by Dr. N. GopalaKrishnan,Scientist and Director,
Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage - Not Just Awesome ; but far beyond that ...

Our Glorious Past

A talk by Khurshed Batliwala, director of World Alliance for Youth Empowerment

Do You Know These Things ?

Facts About India

■India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.

■India is the world's Largest democracy.

■India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

■India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

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

■There are 300,000 active mosques in India , more than in any other country, including the Muslim world

■Sanskrit is the mother of all the European Languages . Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software - a report in Forbes magzine July 1987.

■Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.

■India has the second largest pool of Scientist and Engineers in the World.

■India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

■India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super computer indeigenously.

■India has the largest number of Post Offices in the world

■One of the largest employer in the world is the Indian Railways , employing over a million people

■India was one of the richest countries till the time of British rule in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had come looking for a sea route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

■The Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982

■The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the world's largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday.

■Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called "the Ancient City" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

■Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries.

■Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

INDIA - Words of Macaulay

"I have traveled across the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a beggar, who is a thief. Such wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we would ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and, therefore, I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians think that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self-esteem, their native self-culture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation."

Macaulay