Some Indian Facts. .
* India is the world's largest, oldest, continuous civilization.
* India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
* India is the world's largest democracy.
* Varanasi, also known as Benares, was called "the ancient city" when
Lord Buddha visited it in 500 B.C and is the oldest, continuously
inhabited city in the world today.
* India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.
* The World's first university was established in Takshashila in 700BC.
More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60
subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century BC was one
of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
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Famous Quotes on India (by non-Indians)
* Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how
to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have
been made.
*Mark Twain : "India is, the cradle of the human
race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the
grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most
valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are
treasured up in India only."
Jai Hind ^_^
