The ancient Indian heritage has its own scientific aspect that has been unfortunately neglected or not has been well conveyed. Basically there has been a general impression among the scholars all over the world and also among the educated Indians, that our heritage of the ancient Indian works is primarily the religio-philosophical and there is nothing much to convey about the scientific and technological past of it. And reasons for having built such an impression are also well apprehended. Such as the references for science and technology in ancient Indian heritage are scattered in varied works, and these works are in Pali and Sanskrit that are presently not in use. Besides this these works are often found in the most condensed forms that could only be comprehended by the experts of those languages. Rather there is much glory in our scientific legacy. Some examples are worth referred over here such as ; the concept of Zero, the place of the value system of numeration, square roots, cube roots, and the power of the Ten were known to the ancient Indians. Brahmagupta’s achievements in the field of mathematics predated the work of European mathematicians by a few centuries. One can never oversight the classical works of the Indian Medical system; Ayurveda like the “Charaka Samhita” and the “Ashtanga Hridya” on medicines and “Sushruta Samhita” on surgery. The contribution of Ancient Indians in the metallurgy of iron, zinc, copper and its alloys is acknowledged worldwidely. Superb temple architecture, town planning including drainage system, and the architecture associated with the construction of roads, bridges, forts and ports was so well developed in the ancient India. Sound practices in irrigation and agriculture have been mentioned in our ancient texts, good expertise existed in the areas of shipbuilding and navigation, Maritime trade with countries in South-East Asia was very effective. Ancient Indians expertise and supremacy in Cotton and Silk textiles is well recognized in the world. This glorious scientific tradition has contributed much to the strengthening of science of culture in India.
