According to an article from ABC News the game of chess originated in India 1,500 year ago
by an Indian Brahmin. Even in ancient Persian (Iranian) texts from 531
A.D. it states the game was invented in India. The Indian King Balhait
was discouraged when his subjects were resorting to gambling. King
Balhait ordered the Brahmin to design a chess game called chaturanga to
help strengthen his people's intelligence. Now in modern India they are
producing world champion chess players.
Math may not be a favorite subject in school for many, but its origins
date back to ancient India. As far back as 2000 B.C. during India's
Vedic times the concept of zero, geometry, algebra and algorithms was
already established. One of India's greatest mathematicians gave the value of Pi - 3.1416
and the formulated math tables called the "Tables of Sine."
Brahmaguptha developed the rules of operation for "zero" with his
theories of the addition or subtraction of zero from or to any quantity
(either negative or positive) has no effect. The product of any quantity
with
zero always gives zero. Bhaskara's contribution to algebra was the cyclic method or the "inverse cyclic" method as well as differential calculus.
zero always gives zero. Bhaskara's contribution to algebra was the cyclic method or the "inverse cyclic" method as well as differential calculus.
Two ancient Indian astronomers, Varahamihira and Aryabhatta, were strong believers that planet Earth was spherical.
They had one of the earliest theories on gravity where it was a force
that kept the bodies stuck to earth. Another ancient Indian astronomer
Bhaskaracharya from the 5th century had already calculated the time it
took earth to orbit the sun at 365.258756484 days.
As far back as 2,600 years ago Sushruta, considered the greatest
physician in ancient India, used anesthesia for a variety of complex
surgeries such as cataracts, fractures, plastic surgery, artificial
limbs, urinary stones, brain surgery and cesareans. It is commonly
thought plastic surgery is a new medical specialty though it dates back 4,000 years ago in India.
Engineering
5,000 years ago along the banks of the river Indus and throughout
northern and western India they had devised one of the most
sophisticated water supplies and sewage systems in the world. oldest water harvesting tanks was cut into rocks to provide drinking water that is still in use today.Covered drains were built underneath the streets within well-planned cities. Some of the
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