India

The Himalayas (meaning : "home of snow") are the highest range of mountains in the world.

 

When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers 5,000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley.

 

Varanasi is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today.

 

India invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented ZERO.

 

Infinity was well known for ancient Indians. Bhaskaracharya II in Beejaganitha has given clear explanation with examples for infinity.

 

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India.

 

Sanskrit was the classical language of India, older than Hebrew and Latin.

 

According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

 

The word "navy" is derived from Sanskrit "Nou".

 

The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5,000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word " Navgatih".

 

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Surgeries like cesarean, cataract, fractures and urinary stones were possible in India 2,600 years ago.

 

USA based IEEE has proved that the pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

 

The creator of Pentium chip is an Indian – Vinod Dham. 90% of today's computers run on it.

 

Hero Honda with 1.7M motorcycles a year is now the largest motorcycle manufacturer is the world.

 

Bharat Forge has the world's largest single-location forging facility, it's clients include Honda, Toyota and Volvo amongst others.

 

India's telecom infrastructure between Chennai, Mumbai and Singapore provides the largest bandwidth capacity in the world

 

India is among six countries that launch satellites and do so even for Germany, Belgium, South Korea, Singapore and EU countries.

 

Estimated total amount of treasure that the British looted from India is $ 1 Trillion taking into consideration interest rate and inflation.

 

According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

 

About 9 out of 10 diamond stones sold anywhere in the world pass through India.

 

India was once the richest empire on earth .

 

India never invaded any country in her last 1,000 years of history.