India has never attacked another country in her very long history.
Over 5000 years ago, when many people lived in forests, Indians built the Harappan culture in the Indus Valley.
The name ‘India’ comes from the River Indus, where early people lived. The ancient Aryans called it the Sindhu.
Persian invaders changed the name Sindhu to Hindu. ‘Hindustan’ means the land of the Hindus.
Chess was first played in India.
India is where algebra, trigonometry, and calculus started.
The first granite temple in the world is the Brihadeswara Temple in Tamil Nadu. It was built from a huge piece of granite over five years during King...
India is the biggest democracy, the 7th largest country, and one of the oldest civilizations.
Gyandev created the game Snakes & Ladders in the 13th century. It taught that good actions lead to heaven and bad ones to rebirth.
The highest cricket ground in the world is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh.
India has more post offices than any other country.
The Indian Railways is the biggest employer in India.
The first university in the world was in Takshila in 700 BC. Nalanda University was another famous ancient Indian educational institution.
Charaka created Ayurveda, the first medical system, 2500 years ago.
India was very rich until British rule in the 17th century. Christopher Columbus was looking for India when he found America.
The art of sailing started on the Sindh River over 6,000 years ago. The words ‘Navigation’ and ‘Navy’ come from Sanskrit.
Bhaskaracharya calculated the Earth’s orbit time around the Sun long before others.
The Indian mathematician Budhayana first figured out the value of “pi” and the Pythagorean Theorem in the 6th century.
Indians were using big numbers like 10^53 during the Vedic period, much larger than the Greeks and Romans.
India was the only place to get diamonds until 1896.