The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat
INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga (Golden Age)
The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.
The” place value system” and the “decimal system” were developed in 100 BC in India
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.
The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet
saint Gyandev. 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 levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
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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.
“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.
Great post. Very informative. Thanks for posting.
“Sanskrit and prestige go together in India . . . Ideas must be taught in the language of the people; the same time, Sanskrit education must go on along with it, because the very sound of Sanskrit words gives a prestige and a power and a strength to the race.” – Swami Vivekananda
Though veryinformative but do you think that the lesson does prepare us for the challenges ahead
very very nice and informative to payal dear
nice collection! we have glorious culture.
very good payal. a valuable piece of info.
sach me 1 should b proud of its “nation”.
thx 4 sharing
Very informative payal…thanks for sharing……….cheers binny
nice………i feel good when in today modern world, someone remembers about his country’’s past and invention……………….But i”m not agree with your quote of Mr. Eric. “What nation was, is past, What nation is, is You and Your deeds, and What nation will be, is your future plans and dedication & hard-work towards it since today.”
good.. nice & informative
Informative and rejuvenating! I am planning to visit Chail next winter and probably would go up to see the Cricket ground. Does the ground gets covered with snow ?
Dear Payal …..We are called hindu because the persians dont have the phonetic of ha in their alphabets so they pronouced the river Sindhu as Hindu and those beyond the river were called hindus which we dorn now…..as a religious identity.
In the same way INDIA is the corrupted form of pronounciation from INDICA as the greeks called the river Indus as Indica and people beyond the river indica were called indicans .So as time flew it got corrupted and became INDIA.
Informative and interesting….
Interesting to read and to know…….thanks
Kool. It was nice to read those facts. Good going!
Nice info.
great information to be shared , tnks.
wow…wonderful post ..THANX!
Wonderful facts ,to boost the spirits of us, indians. Keep it up Payal.
Good compilation .. thanks..!
nice and informative…i have been to the brihadeeswara temple since it is only about an hours drive from the place I live (Trichy)…infact it is a nice place to take my foreigh customers who visit our facility…strangely i didn”t know about this single granite fact…thanks.
GARVA SE KAHO HAM BHARTIYA HAI
AAJ BHI BHARATH SABHI SE AAGE HAI
JAI HIND
india me kya hai…? very good answer for who says often…nice post.
hi payal thanks for join can u be my friend
you worked hard to gather the informations.
nice facts to share
thanx
hey payal
i think you are a true INDIAN
CHAK DE INDIA
LOVE YOU
Hey Payal, Thanks so much for sharing with us all
thanks for the interesting tidbits on bharat ie india
we have golden past and i think golden future also.
very instresting really
Hey…………..Great………………Proud to be Indian
Hi Payal, the post was great and I am sure you must have done a good deal of research before posting this. Yes, what you have said is absolutely correct and there are indeed many good things one could cherish about India. Nice work!
Cheers, Kris.
A great post…Wonderful and very informative too. Keep up the great work payalben, I will surely visit you again.
Who can tell these facts to our children who studied about Newton
etc only and forgot Ramanujam Aryabhatta Vrahamihira Jc Bose.
good post Payal
Lot of work you have done I guess for compiling these.