The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.
Chess was invented in India.
Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.
The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.
The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.
India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).
The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh.
Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
India has the most post offices in the world !
The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people !.
Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.
Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 365.258756484 days.
The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the 6th century, which was long before the European mathematicians.
Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians
28% of IBM employees are Indians
17% of INTEL employees are Indians
13% of XEROX employees are Indians
Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Physical Sciences
| Knowledge | Ancient Reference | Modern Reference |
| Velocity of Light | RigVed - Sayan Bhashya (1400 A.D) | 19th Century |
| Trans-Saturnean Planets | Mahabharat (5500 B.C) | 17-19th Century |
| Space Travel to another solar system | Shrimad Bhagwat (4000 B.C) | Under Trials |
| Gravitational Force Prashnopanishad | (6000 B.C) Shankaracharya (500 B.C) | 17th Century |
| Ultravoilet Band | Sudhumravarna - (Mundakopanishad - M.U) | --- |
| Infra-red Band | Sulohita (M.U) | --- |
| Tachyons faster than light | Manojava (Mundakopanishad) Sudarshan, | 1968 |
| Nuclear Energy | Spullingini (Mundakopanishad) | 20th Century |
| Black Holes | Vishvaruchi(Mundakopanishad) | 20th Century |
| Monsoon at Summer Solstice | RigVed (23720 B.C) | --- |
| Entry in South America by Aeroplanes | Valmiki Ramayan (7300 B.C) | --- |
| Phosphorescent Trident at the Bay of Pisco, Peru,S.America | Valmiki Ramayan (7300 B.C) | 1960 A.D. |
| Aeroplanes | RigVed,Ramayana,Samarangan Sutradhara (1050 A.D.) | --- |
| Robot | Samarangan Sutradhara (1050 A.D.) | --- |
| Atom (Divisible) & (Indivisible) | Shrimad Bhagwat (4000 B.C.) | 1800 A.D. |
Medical Sciences
| Knowledge | Ancient Reference | Modern Reference |
| Artificial Limb | RigVed (1-116-15) | 20th Century |
| Number of Chromosomes (23) | Mahabharat-5500 | BCE 1890 A.D |
| Combination of Male and Female | Shrimad Bhagwat | 20th Century |
| Analysis of Ears | RigVed | Labyrinth |
| Beginning of the Foetal | Heart Eitereya Upanishad -(6000 BCE) | Robinson, 1972 |
| Parthenogenesis | Mahabharat | 20th Century |
| Test Tube Babies:-
from the ovum only | Mahabharat | Not possible yet |
| Test Tube Babies:-
from the sperm only | Mahabharat | Not possible yet |
| Elongation of Life in confirmed Space Travel | Shrimad Bhagwat | Not yet |
| Cell Division (in 3 layers) | Shrimad Bhagwat | 20th Century |
| Embryology | Eitereya Upanishad (6000 BCE) | 19th Century |
| Micro-organisms | Mahabharat | 18th Century |
| A material producing a disease can prevent or cure the disease in minute quantity | S-Bhagwat (1-5-33) | Haneman,18th Century |
| Developing Embyro in Vitro | Mahabharat | 20th Century |
| Life in trees and plants | Mahabharat | Bose,19th Century |
| 16 Functions of the Brain Eitereya | Upanishad | 19-20th Century |
| Definition of Sleep Prashna-Upanishad | Yogsootra | 20th Century |
| Chromosomes | Cunavidhi(Mahabharat)(5500 BCE) | 1860-1910 A.D. |
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