Source: One India One People, Issue of May, 2000, Page 53.

India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta

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 fourth century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2,500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast gaining its rightful place in our civilization.

The art of navigation was developed in the river Sindh 6,000 years ago, The very word navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word navgatih. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit nou.

Bhaskaracharya who calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before astronomer Smart, found in the fifth century, that it took 365.258756484 days.

The value of "Pi" was first calculated by Budhayana before Pythagoras. He discovered this in the sixth century long before European mathematicians.

Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were made by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 1,053,91 0 to the power of 53 with specific names as early as 5,000 BC during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 1,012,910 to the power,of 12.

According to the Gemological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds in the world.

USA based IEEE has proved that the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi - a century-old suspicion.

The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

According to Saka king Rudradaman I a beautiful lake called Sudarshana was constructed on the hills Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's reign.

Chess (shataranj or ashtapada) was invented in India.

Sushruta is the father of surgery 2,000 years ago. He and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like caesareans, cataract, joining artificial limb, fractures, urinary stones removal, plastic surgery, and even brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well-known in ancient India, Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient texts.

The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.

When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5,000 years ago, Indian established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley) civilization.

India was one of the richest countries on earth until the British invasion in the early 17th century.