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Did You Know...

>>Mathematics - Vedic literature is replete with concepts of zero, the techniques of algebra and algorithm, square root and cube root. Arguably, the origins of Calculus lie in India 300 years before Leibnitz and Newton.

>>Astronomy - Rig Veda (2000 BC) refers to astronomy.

>>Physics - Concepts of atom and theory of relativity were explicitly stated by an Indian Philosopher around 600 BC.

>>Chemistry - Principles of chemistry did not remain abstract but also found expression in distillation of perfumes, aromatic liquids, manufacturing of dyes and pigments, and extraction of sugar.

>>Medical science & surgery - Around 800 BC, first compendium on medicine and surgery was complied in ancient India.

>>Fine Arts - Vedas were recited and recitation has to be correct, which gave rise to a finer study of sound and phonetics. The natural corollary were emergence of music and other forms of performing arts.

>>Mechanical & production technology - Greek historians have testified to smelting of certain metals in India in the 4th century BC.

>>Civil engineering & architecture - The discovery of urban settlements of Mohenjodaro and Harappa indicate existence of civil engineering & architecture.

>>Shipbuilding & navigation - Sanskrit and Pali texts have several references to maritime activity by ancient Indians. Sports & games Ancient India is the birth place of chess, ludo, snakes and ladders and playing cards.

Discoveries

>>Madhavacharya Discovered Taylor Series of Sine And Cosine Function about 250 years before Taylor

>>Madhavacharya Discovered Newton Power Series

>>Madhavacharya Discovered Gregory Leibnitz series for the inverse tangent about 280years before gregory

>>Madhavacharya Discovered Leibnitz Power Series for PI about 300 years before leibnitz

>>Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundereds of years the astrnomer smart. Time Taken be the earth to orbit the sun(5Th Century) : 365.258756484 days

>>Bhaskaracharya II in Beejaganitha(stanza-20) has given clear explanation with the example of infinity

>>Theory of continued fraction was discovered by Bhaskaracharya II

>>Airthematic Progression is explained in Yajurveda

>>Govindaswamin Discovered Newton Gauss Interpolation formula about 1800years before Newton

>>Vasteswaracharya discovered Newton Gauss Interpolation formula about 1000 years before Newton

>>Parameswaracharya discovered Lhuiler's Formula about 400 years back before Lhuiler

>>Nilakanta Discovered Newtons Infinite GP Convergent Series

>>Positive and Negative Numbers and their calculations were explained first by Brahmagupta in the book Brahmagupta Siddhanta

>>Aryabhatta also propounded the Heliocentric theory of Gravitation, thus predating Copernicus by almost 1000 years

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