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Essence of Science

India has always been judged by many myths and superstitions, which has characterized its culture and people. A nation whose people always thought that the other countries represent greener pastures for better education, employment and living. The notion that its people are insular, conservative and conventional and country itself is dependent on the others is not true. Freedom of thought and exploration was a special characteristic of ancient Indian culture. People were at liberty to express their view about the God, its existence, earth, man etc. Their thinking was such that if they hadn't accepted the new discoveries with open arms then they also hadn't rejected those. That is why the great man like Aryabhatta didn't meet the same fate as the Socrates and Galileo in their countries.
India was a great learning center having the universities Nalanda and Takshashila, metropolises like Pataliputra and Ujjaini, emperors like Chandragupta Maurya and Samrat Ashoka, scholars like Pannini, Aryabhatta and Kautilya. India has a fair share of enriching the world's culture with the techniques of algebra and algorithm, the concept of zero, the technique of surgery, the concepts of atoms and relativity, the game of chess etc.
Yuan Chawng and Tsing who resided as students at Nalanda give the description of the center of learning. They had described that Nalanda was the residential university with a population of 8500 students, 1501 teachers and other staff members. It provided food, clothing, bedding, tuition and even free medicine to the residents. It was supported by the liberal grants for this purpose by royal and private philanthropy. This gives some idea of the reputation of India as a learning center when there were no roads, transport to travel from one country to another.
The Arabs borrowed so much from India in the field of mathematics that even the subject of mathematics in Arabic came to known as 'Hindsa' which means 'from India'. Now although people of our nation has contributed a lot in each and every sphere of life but when it comes to the recognition then it is still considered as borrower of technologies.
Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by her wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered American continent by mistake. According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
India was pioneer in inventing the Number System. Aryabhatta invented zero. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC. The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. 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.
In the field of medicine, again India was a head of others. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine aggregated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
Budhayana first calculated the value of "pi", 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 came from India. Sridharacharya propounded quadratic equations in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 10*53(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BC during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera: 10*12(10 to the power of 12). Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was reportedly invented in India.

So this is our country. Be proud to be an Indian.

By: Ramandeep Kaur


Words of Appreciation


PRABHJOT

It is a great article. There are many things about our country that the younger generation does not know. I think this article sheds light on some of them and makes us proud.

ANITA

It is quite inspiring piece of writing

K.VIDYASAGAR

It is very interesting to read and to know our India's greatness and feel proud of ourselves

PARRY

Our roots are very deep. Time and time outsiders invaded our country. We need such articles which will help our next generation to know about our history.

SHREYA

Very interesting article. I meet so many people out here wanting to get out of India to settle themselves elsewhere, instead of swearing about the "horrible living conditions" maybe they could stay and try to improve it! I liked the quality of the language.

PAVNEET SONDHI

Wonderful girl .....in this busy world we all have forgotten about our country's contributions. Thanks a lot for making us realise the importance of our treasurable India......Jai Hind.

RAY

Can I get some related articles to India's greatness and its contribution to the world in different fields.Please.

WILLIAM

Here is some information about India.

ADITYA AGGARWAL

The article is impressive and gives an overview of ancient India. The author must get applause.

SOMENATH

Oh!! The great author, I bend my head to you for reminding us, (the selfish blind, blurred by western, the greatness of our mother India)

MANURAJ

Superb. Really proud to be an INDIAN

ANILA KHARBANDA

Oh! That was wonderful. I really love this author. If I am not mistaken she lives in Sheikh Sarai and thanx maam for reminding us about India.

JAMIL AKHTAR

So this is our state.

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