INDIA THE LAND OF MANY FIRSTS

BAUDHAYANA: The value of pi was

first calculated by baudhayana

What is known as pythagoras theorem today is already found in baudhayana’s “sulva sutra”,before the age of pythagoras.

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Aryabhatta showed that zero was not a numeral only but also a symbol and a concept.

Aryabhatta find out the exact distance between the earth and the moon.

Aryabhatta stated his theory that ‘earth is round and rotates on its own axis’ He explained that the appearance of the sun moving from east to west .

Aryabhatta:

He introduced negative numbers and operations on zero into mathematics.

He wrote Brahm Sputa Siddantika through which the Arabs came to know our mathematical system

BRAHMAGUPTA:

Bhaskaracharya:Bhaskara introduced Chakrawat Method or the Cyclic Method to

solve algebraic equations.

He is famous for his book SIDDANTHA SIROMANI

The first principle of gravity was stated by “Bhaskaracharya” and “not Newton”

Bhaskaracharya stated the laws of gravity in the book Surya Siddhanta in 11th century.

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Mahaviracharya:• Jain Guru Mahaviracharya wrote Ganit Sara Sangraha in 850A.D., which is the first textbook on arithmetic in present day form The current method of solving

Least common Multiple (LCM) of given numbers was also described by him.

Kanad:• He got the name

kanad ,because• he was interested in minute

particles called “kana”.• His atomic theory can be a

match to any modern atomic theory.

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He was one of the first scientists to claim that termites and plants could be the indicators of the presence of underground water.

Another theory earthquake cloud

theory given by Varahmihira in his Brhat Samhita.

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Varahamihira:

Susruta:• Susruta the • father of surgery.

• In Susruta Samhita, the method of selecting and preserving a dead body for the purpose of its detailed study has also been described.

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Charak is called the father of ayurvedic

medicine.His Charak Samhita is a

remarkable book on medicine.

Don’t you find it fascinating that thousands of years back, medical science

was at such an advanced stage in India.

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CHARAK:

JAGDISH CHANDRA BOSE:the development of wireless telegraphy. The first public demonstration of radio waves for

communication was made by Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose in 1895,

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Pingala:

Binary numbers were first described by Pingala (c. 200 BC).

the earliest known Sanskrit treatise on prosody.

He also invented the  Fibonacci sequence

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4. RulerRulers were first used by the Indus Valley Civilization prior to 1500 BCE. Made of ivory, the rulers found during excavation, reveal the amazing accuracy of decimal subdivisions on it

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3.WATER ON MOON ISRO’s Chandrayaan-1 made

the startling discovery that our moon is not a dry ball of rocks

The discovery of lunar water is attributed to the Chandrayaan mission.

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 FLUSH TOILETS:

 

Flush toilets were first used in the Indus Valley Civilization. These existed in most homes and were connected to a sophisticated sewage mechanism. The civilization was prominent in hydraulic engineering.

So, we’ve always been a cool country. 

  History is testimony to it. So what’s stopping you from being innovative? Go, win the world.

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