Some Facts about India....

1) India is the world’s largest, oldest, continuous civilization.

2) When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years 

    ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley 

    Civilization).

3) The four religions born in India, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and 

    Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the world’s population.

4) India is the largest English speaking nation in the world.

5) India is the only country other than US and Japan, to have built a super 

    computer indigenously.

6) The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 

    100 BC.

7) 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. Christopher Columbus was 

    attracted by India’s wealth.

8) India is one of the few countries in the World, which gained    

    independence without violence

9) India has the second largest pool of Scientists and Engineers in the 

    World.

10) Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages.

11) The World’s first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC. 

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

      subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one 

      of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

12) Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the 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.

13) India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.