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but its meaning remained the same, i.e.
good deeds take people to heaven and evil
to a cycle of re-births.
The world's highest cricket ground is in
Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after
leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444
meters above sea level.
19.
India has the largest number of Post
Offices in the world.
The largest employer in India is the
Indian Railways, employing over a
million people.
The world's first university was
established in Takshila in 700 BC. More
than 10,500 students from all over the
world studied more than 60 subjects. The
University of Nalanda built in the 4th
century was one of
the greatest
achievements of ancient India in the field
of education
Ayurveda is the earliest
school of medicine
known to mankind. The
Father of Medicine,
Charaka, consolidated
Ayurveda 2500 years
ago.
India was one of the
richest countries till the time of British rule
in the early 17th Century. Christopher
Columbus, attracted by India's wealth, had
come looking for a sea route to India when
he discovered America by mistake.
The Art of Navigation & Navigating was
born in the river Sindh over 6000 years
ago. The very word Navigation is derived
from the Sanskrit word 'NAVGATIH'. The
word navy is also
derived from the
Sanskrit
word
'Nou'.
Bhaskaracharya
rightly
calculated
the
time taken by
the earth to orbit
24 ред The Progress of Jharkhand (Monthly)
the Sun hundreds of years before the
astronomer Smart. According to his
calculation, the time taken by the Earth to
orbit the Sun was 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, long
before the European mathematicians.
20. Algebra,
21.
Trigonometry and Calculus also
originated in India.Quadratic Equations were
used by Sridharacharya in the 11th century.
The largest numbers the Greeks and the
Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used
numbers as big as 10 53 (i.e. 10 to the power of
53) with specific names as early as 5000
B.C.during the Vedic period.Even today, the
largest used number is Terra: 10 12 (10 to the
power of 12).
Until 1896, India was the only
source of diamonds in the
world (Source: Gemological
Institute of America).
22. The
Baily Bridge is the highest bridge in the
world. It is located in the Ladakh valley
between the Dras and Suru rivers in the
Himalayan mountains. It was built by the
Indian Army in August 1982.
23. Sushruta is
regarded as the
Father of
Surgery. Over
2600 years ago
Sushrata & his
team conducted
complicated
surgeries like
cataract,
artificial limbs,
cesareans, frac-
tures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and
brain surgeries.
24. Usage
of anaesthesia was well known in
ancient Indian medicine. Detailed knowledge
of anatomy, embryology, digestion, meta-