Some Mind-Blowing Facts About Indian History Every Indian Should Know.

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

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>> Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development,

>> India was the richest country on earth until the time of British
invasion in the early 17th Century.

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>> The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700BC.

>> More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.

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>> The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of

ancient India in the field of education.

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>> Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages.

>> Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software,

>> reported in Forbes magazine,
July 1987.

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

>> Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

>> Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.

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>> The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago.

>> The very word Navigation is
derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

>> The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

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>> Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by thhe earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the
astronomer Smart.;

>> Time taken by earth to orbit
the sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.

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>> The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana,

and he explained the concept of what is known as the pythagorean Theorem.

>> He discovered this in the 6th entury long before the European mathematicians.

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