A NEW DELHI pRjaapti TELLS 1000 YEARS OF HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT bhaart (INDIA)
Posted by Prajapati News Reporter on September 24, 2003

 

SRii Rinesh Kumar Lal, a pRjaapti from New Delhi, India has been corresponding on a personal basis with PVAF starting in December 2002. He came to PVAF through this PVAF web site and its programs...In New Delhi, the capital city of bhaart, as per  SRii Rinesh there are about 600 pRjaapti family in New Delhi.....

Soon a New Delhi Page will be created on this PVAF web site to enable SRii Rinesh and other pRjaaptio in New Delhi to publish their news around the world and communicate with the rest of the world.....In the meanwhile SRii Rinesh has sent  for posting some historical facts about bhaart (India) covering at least the known 10,000 years of its history on this planet earth....please click on the next line to read about the amazing civilization that has evolved in bhaart.....



 


 

10,000 YEARS OF HISTORICAL FACTS ABOUT BHAARAT (INDIA)

  • The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat. INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga ( Golden Age )
  • India invented the number system.
  • Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.
  • Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise and therefore suitable language for computer software.
  • Chess was invented in India.
  • Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India.
  • The ‘place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.
  • The first six Mogul Emperors’ of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.
  • The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite. Also, this magnificient temple was built in just five years, (between 1004 AD and 1009 AD) during the reign of Rajaraja Chola
  • India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old).
  • The 13th century poet saint Gyandev created the game of snakes & ladders. It was originally called 'Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowrie shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e  good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.
  • The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
  • India has the most post offices in the world!
  • The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people!.
  • 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 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.
  • Although modern images & descriptions of India often show poverty, India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.
  • The art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh 6000 over 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. His calculation was - Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: ( 5th century ) 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, which was long before the European mathematicians.
  • Algebra, trigonometry and calculus also originated from 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. 
  • Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to 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. Over 2600 years ago Sushrata & his team conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, artificial limbs, cesareans, fractures, urinary stones and also plastic surgery and brain surgeries.
  • Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India medicine. Detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, etiology, genetics and immunity is also found in many ancient Indian texts.
  • India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.

        "What makes a nation, is the past, what justifies one nation against others is the past", says the noted historian Eric Hobsbawm. Hence, when talking of a nation, it becomes very imperative that the past should also be talked about. And the past of India is as fascinating and interesting, as it is momentous.

        All the above is just the TIP of the iceberg, the list could be endless. But, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great INDIA in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential

and that if we do, we could once again be an ever shining and inspiring country,

 setting a bright path for the rest of the world to follow.

 

JAI HIND....

Proud to be Indian!

 


 



There are 3 additional comments.

#1 Posted by srimannarayana badisa on 9/25/2003
I belong's prajapathi community in Andhra Pradesh {kulala} I will appreciate your best services to our community. I am very glad for your services. please send me
prajapathi members addresses of living there in Mumbai, Surath.

Your's friendly,
srimannarayana badisa.

My postal Address: Srimannarayana Badisa,
Door No. 6-31. Main Road,
Post - N U N N A -521 212.
Krishna District{Andhra Pradesh}




#2 Posted by srimannarayana badisa on 9/25/2003
I belong's prajapathi community in Andhra Pradesh {kulala} I will appreciate your best services to our community. I am very glad for your services. please send me
prajapathi members addresses of living there in Mumbai, Surath.

Your's friendly,
srimannarayana badisa.

My postal Address: Srimannarayana Badisa,
Door No. 6-31. Main Road,
Post - N U N N A -521 212.
Krishna District{Andhra Pradesh}




#3 Posted by vijay kundalwal on 10/14/2003
i want more information and addresses about prajapati and kundalwal peoples living in delhi and rajasthan states


 

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