Some more facts about India. Please do read it. -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 worlds 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 Indias 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 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. -Algebra, 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). -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. -Sushruta is regarded as the Father of Surgery. Over2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones, plastic surgery and brain surgeries. -Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient Indian medicine. -Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism,physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts. -India exports software to 90 countries. -The four religions born in India - Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism, are followed by 25% of the worlds population. -Jainism and Buddhism were founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C. respectively. -Islam is Indias and the worlds second largest religion. -There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world. -The oldest European church and synagogue in India are in the city of Cochin. They were built in 1503 and 1568 respectively. -Jews and Christians have lived continuously in India since 200 B.C. and 52 A.D. respectively -The largest religious building in the world is Angkor Wat, a Hindu Temple in Cambodia (PART OF AKHAND BHARAT a.k.a United India1500 AD) built at the end of the 11th century. -The Vishnu Temple in the city of Tirupathi built in the 10th century, is the worlds largest religious pilgrimage destination. Larger than either Rome or Mecca, an average of 30,000 visitors donate $6 million (US) to the temple everyday. -Sikhism originated in the Holy city of Amritsar in Punjab. Famous for housing the Golden Temple, the city was founded in 1577. -***Varanasi, also known as Benaras, was called the Ancient City when Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C., and is the oldest, continuously inhabited city in the world today. -India provides safety for more than 300,000 refugees originally from Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bhutan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, who escaped to flee religious and political persecution. -His Holiness, the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists, runs his government in exile from Dharmashala in northern India. -Martial Arts were first created in India, and later spread to Asia by Buddhist missionaries. -Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years. #Happy_Independence_Day in advance.
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