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Y O U P R O B A B LY D I D N ’ T K N O W W E R E M A D E

B Y I N D I A N S

Clever Inventions

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Clever Inventions by Indians

Indian inventions anddiscoveries have beeninstrumental in shapingthe face of the currentmodern world. Wepicked up 20 suchinteresting findings outof a whole bunch that

will make you go, “Ididn t know that”

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1. ButtonsButtons were first usedin Mohenjo-daro forornamental purposerather than for

fastening. They werefirst used in the Indus Valley Civilization by2000 BCE.

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2. ChessChess developed out ofChaturanga, which is anancient strategy boardgame developed during

the Gupta Empire inIndia around the 6thcentury AD. Now youknow why Vishwanathan Anand issuch a pro, rag rag meis tarah … ;)

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3. Prefabricatedhome andmovablestructure

In 16th century MughalIndia, during the reignof Akbar, the firstprefabricated &

movable structures were invented.

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4. RulerRulers were first used by the Indus ValleyCivilization prior to1500 BCE. Made of

ivory, the rulers foundduring excavation,reveal the amazingaccuracy of decimalsubdivisions on it.

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5. ShampooThe word „Shampoo isderivedfrom chāmpo ( ). It was initially used as a

head massage oil for theNawabs of Bengalduring the MughalEmpire around 1762. Itevolved into shampooover the years.

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6. Snakes andLaddersThe game, Snakes &Ladders, was inventedin India as a game ofmorals. Later it spread

to England andeventually introducedin the USA by gamepioneer Milton Bradleyin 1943.

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7. Cottoncultivation (Weclothed the

world, yay!)The ancient Greeksused to wear animalskins and were not evenaware of cotton. ButIndians were sort ofcool and startedcultivating cottonduring the 5th – 4thmillennium BCE in theIndus ValleyCivilization. The wordspread to the

Mediterranean and beyond and sooneveryone was orderingone from Flipkart. Well,pretty much.

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8. FibonacciNumbersThe Fibonacci numbers were first described by Virahanka, Gopala andHemachandra as an

outgrowth of earlier writings by Pingala.

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9. DecimalSystem,Quadraticformula andZero!

It was in 7th century CE when Brahmaguptafound the first generalformula for solving

quadratic equations.The decimal system (orthe Hindu numbersystem), which was aprecursor of the Arabicnumeric system, wasdeveloped in India

between the 1st and 6thcenturies CE.

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10. Suits GameThe popular game ofcards originated fromIndia & was known asKrida-patram (which

literally means “paintedrags for playing” ).

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11. CataractSurgery Indian physicianSushruta (6th centuryBCE) had theknowledge of

performing cataractsurgery. It spread toChina from India.Greek scientists would visit India to getoperations done andalso to learn the nitty-

gritties.

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12. DiamondMining Worldwide, India wasthe only source ofdiamonds until thediscovery of mines in

Brazil in the 18thcentury. Almost 5000 years ago, diamonds were first recognizedand mined in centralIndia.

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13. Water onMoonISRO s Chandrayaan -1made the startlingdiscovery that ourmoon is not a dry ball of

rocks. The discovery oflunar water isattributed to theChandrayaan mission.

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14.Radio/Wirelesscommunication We all know that Marconireceived a Nobel Prize inPhysics in 1909 forcontribution to thedevelopment of wirelesstelegraphy. But the firstpublic demonstration ofradio waves forcommunication was made by Sir Jagdish ChandraBose in 1895, two yearsprior to Marconi s similardemonstration in England.

Sir Bose was posthumouslycredited (more than acentury later) for hisachievement. The factremains that this discoverytruly shaped the face ofmodern wirelesscommunication.

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15. FlushToiletsFlush toilets were firstused in the Indus ValleyCivilization. Theseexisted in most homes

and were connected to asophisticated sewagemechanism. Thecivilization wasprominent in hydraulicengineering

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16. BinaryCodeBinary numbers werefirst described byPingala (c. 200 BC).Pingala is the

traditional name of theauthor of theChanda ḥśāstra , theearliest known Sanskrittreatise on prosody.

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17. Ink Many ancient culturesand civilizationsindependentlydiscovered andprepared ink for writingpurposes. The source ofcarbon pigment used inIndian Ink (calledmusi) used in ancientIndia, was India. Since4th century BC, the

practice of writing withink with a sharppointed needle wascommon in SouthIndia.

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19. FiberOpticsNamed as one of the 7„Unsung Heroes byFortune Magazine, Dr.Narinder Singh Kapany,is widely recognized asthe „Father of FiberOptics for hispioneering work inFiber Opticstechnology. Watch himspeak eloquently on his

entrepreneurial journey.

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20. PlasticSurgery Yes, you heard it right.Indians were pioneersin Plastic Surgery too. It was carried out in Indiaas early as 2000 BCE.