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Some facts about Indians living in the U.S.A.

There are 3.22 Million Indians in America
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians
28% of IBM employees are Indians
17% of INTEL employees are Indians
13% of XEROX employees are Indians
23% of Indian Community in America is having
Green-Card


Following FACTS ABOUT INDIA were recently published in
a German
Magazine which deals with WORLD HISTORY.

1. India never invaded any country in her last 10000
years of history.

2.India invented the Number System. Zero was invented
byAryabhatta.

3.. The World's first university was established in
Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all
over the world studies more than 60 subjects.

4.. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century
BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient
India in the field of education.

5.. Sanskrit is the mother of all the European
languages.

6.. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for
computer software - a report in Forbes magazine, July
1987.

7.. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known
to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine
consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda
is fast regaining its rightful place in our
civilization.

8.. Although modern images of India often show poverty
and lack of development, India was the richest country
on earth until the time of British invasion in the
early 17th Century.

9.. The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh
6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived
from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also
derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.

10.. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the
earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the
astronomer Smart. Time taken by earth to orbit the
sun: (5th century) 365.258756484 days.

11.. The value of "pi" was first calculated by
Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is
known as the Pythagorean Theorem.

He discovered this in the 6th century long before the
European mathematicians.

12.. Algebra,trigonometry and calculus came from
India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in
the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and
the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers
as big as 10**53(10 to the power of (53) with specific
names as early as 5000 BCE during the Vedic period.
Even today, the largest used number is Tera 10**12(10
to the power of 12).

13.. According to the Gemological Institute of
America, up until 1896, India was the only source for
diamonds to the world.

14.. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century
old suspicion in the world scientific community that
the pioneer of wireless communication was Prof.
Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

15.. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was
built in Saurashtra.

16.. According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a
beautiful lake called 'Sudarshana' was constructed on
the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya's
time.

17.. Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in
India.

18.. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago
he and health scientists of his time conducted
complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract,
artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones
and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of
anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125
surgical equipment were used.

19.. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology,
embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and
immunity is also found in many texts.

20.. When many cultures were only nomadic forest
Dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established
Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley
Civilization)

21.. The place value system, the decimal system was
developed in India in 100 BC.

22.. The fine art YOGA of keeping the body fit and
develop immunity against even dreaded diseases was
practised in India during early years.

23.. Last in the list but, Kamasutra, now being
accepted of all the basis of the art of sex has its
base in India and it was supported well by Khajuraho
temple and many other time-destroyed arts.

QUOTES ABOUT INDIA

1.. Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians,
who taught us how to count, without which no worth
while scientific discovery could have been made.

2.. Mark Twain said: India is, the cradle of the human
race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of
history, the grandmother of legend, and the great
grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most
structive materials in the history of man are
treasured up in India only.

3.. French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is
one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of
living men have found a home from the very earliest
days when man began the dream of existence, it is
India.

4.. Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:
India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20
centuries without ever having to send a single soldier
across her border.


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