Thursday, 15 July 2010

Fact of India

  1. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies are from India
  2. one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old)
  3. India has the most post offices in the world

  4. The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people

  5. Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
  6. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine.
  7. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
  8. India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history
  9. India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century
  10. Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C.E, and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.
  11. he game of Snakes & Ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev
  12. India exports software to 90 countries.
  13. The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world's population.
  14. There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
  15. The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia built at the end of the 11th century.
  16. Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years.

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