We all say that we are proud of indian histroy..but what is there to be proud of? What are the best things of Indian history? Lets mention your views here...
For about 10000 years India has been the cynosure of all eyes. India was the richest country on the earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th century. Over 5000 years ago when many cultures were only nomadic forests dwellers, Indians have already established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley civilization). Sanskrit is considered as mother of all languages. World’s first university was established in Taksshila in 700BC. More than 10500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects here. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun in 5th century BC to be 365.258756484 days. The art of navigation was first born in Sindhu river 6000 years ago. The word navigation derived from Sanskrit word- Navgathi, and the word Nevy derived from Nau. Chess was invented in India India was the only source of diamonds until 1896, according to the Gemological Institute of America. Its proven that pioneer of wireless communication was Professor Jagdish Chandra Bosh, not Marconi. India invented the number system Zero was invented by Aryabhatt. The largest numbers used by Hindus in 5000BC during the Vedic period was 1053 with specific names. The largest number used today is 1012 Calculus, Trigonometry and Algebra came from India. The decimal system was developed in India in 100BC. Quadratic equations were invented by Sridharacharya in 11th century. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charak consolidated Ayurveda more than 2500 years ago. Susutra, the father of surgery conducted complicated surgeries like cataract, cesareans, artificial limbs, fractures etc. Anesthesia was in use in Ancient India. Over 125 surgical instruments were used in Ancient India. Knowledge of Anatomy, Physiology, Embryology, digestion, metabolism, immunity and genetics is also found in ancient texts.
as a common man of india, as a person who has read about the indian history only in books heard it in the tales from our grand parents, the best thing, as a human that we learn from indian history is that the politer and good you behave with others, the weaker they consider you. if we have a look at the different eras of indian history , different rulers and polticians from different nations have taken the wrong meaning of india's lineant approach towards them. so its very important to maintain a legacy and dignity and self respect of yours like jawahar lal nehru did while opting for non-alignment policy.
we have many things to learn from indian history. we have stories told by our grandparents which have lots of moral values and inspirational values to learn from. from the great valmiki to independence era of gandhi ji we have many historic heroes and their stories which tells us things of great values.
There are many things to learn from Indian history.. I am just proud to have such a diversity in the culture.. you will find people following the same culture and tradition around the world.. but India is the only country where people follow different cultures and tradition..
there is lot to learn from indian history which is full of colorful events and wars. ironically, the history is so vast that not many know about even half of it correctly. foreigners come to india to learn the rich history india possess, but we indians do not take time to learn a bit of it. the cultural, moral values given by our indian history is of utmost importance.
