10 Interesting Ancient India Facts

Saturday, November 9th 2013. | History


Get the fascinating information about the life of the people in the past by reading ancient India facts. India is a prominent country in the world. People are always fascinated with the dancing, song, traditional clothes and jewelry from India. Their culture is also magnificent. You can see Diwali or Durga Puja celebration. Here are the interesting facts about ancient India:

Ancient India Facts 1: Number System

The number system was invited by Indian people. Do you know the term zero was invented by Aryabhatta? It was in 100 BC that the decimal system was invented.

Ancient India Facts 2: university

The first university in the world was founded in Takshila in 700 BC. There were 60 subjects offered by the university. At that time, more than 10,500 students from all over the world gained the education.

ancient india

ancient india

Ancient India Facts 3: Sanskrit

The mother of all languages in the world is Sanskrit. It is considered by Forbes magazine as the most suitable language for computer software.

Ancient India Facts 4: Ayurveda

The initial school of medicine for human is called Ayurveda. Today people still use ayuverda to maintain their health.

ancient india facts

ancient india facts

Ancient India Facts 5: the richest country

Today, India is always depicted with their lack of education, development and poverty. Do you know that the ancient Indian people lived well?  Before the British came to Indian in 17th century, the life of the people was great.

Ancient India Facts 6: art of Navigation

It was 6000 years ago that the art of navigation was born in the river Sindh. The name navigation was derived from Navgatih. It was a Sanskrit language.

India

India

Ancient India Facts 7: Bhaskaracharya

Bhaskaracharya was another prominent Indian who counted the time needed for the earth to orbit the sun. It was 365.258756484 days.

Ancient India Facts 8: mathematics

There are several subjects of mathematics coming from India. Some of them include trigonometry, Algebra and calculus. In the 11th century, Sridharacharya propounded the quadratic equations.

India Gods

India Gods

Ancient India Facts 10: pi

Do you know the first person who calculated the value of pi? He was Budhayana. His concept of pi was explained in a theory called as Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered pi a long time before the European scientists did it.

India Road Trip

India Road Trip

The invention of chess was coming from India. The father of surgery is also an Indian. He was Sushruta. He and other scientists performed some complicated surgeries such as artificial limbs, cataracts, cesareans, plastic surgery, urinary stones and brain surgery for about 2600 years ago. Are you fascinated with facts about ancient India?


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