2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

3.The world’s first University was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language

for computer software.

5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken

and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest

empire on earth.

7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The

very word “Navigation” is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars

have officially published Budhayan’s works in1999,  that  dates to  6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.

9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India . Quadratic equations

were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks

and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.

10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India

was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst

academics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh

Bose and not Marconi.

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13.Chess was invented in India .

14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health

scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract,

fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient

India .

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over

5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus

Valley Civilisation).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.