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10 Mind ­ Boggling Facts About Ancient India We Bet You Didn’t Know Undoubtedly, India is a heritage rich country with advanced ancient techniques, advanced culture, rich history and scientifically well­off. Ancient India’s contribution to the world is highly impressive and enthralling. The Indian civilizations have flourished for more than 6,000 years and have been one of the richest countries in the world. In Ancient India , many fascinating things have been invented and followed.The Indian civilization was way more advanced in their systems, technology, thinking and practices while most of the other civilizations were in their “Stone Age”. The Indians were able to easily extract zinc from brass, cultivate cotton on a large scale, build highly advanced drainage systems, perform cesarean and even build large ships.

Below here are the list of 10 facts about Ancient India will leave you in astonishment ❖ Budhayana was the first person to calculate the value of “Pi” in India in 800 BCE. He also explained the Pythagoras Theorem concept.

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Image: ListAmaze ❖ India is the birthplace of Yoga about 5,000 years ago. Yoga is a form of spiritual, mental and physical practices to enhance one’s health and well ­ being.

Image: ListAmaze ❖ India’s School of Medicine known as Ayurveda is traced back to 6,000 years ago.

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Image: ListAmaze ❖ India knew the Extraction of Zinc by the Process of Distillation as early as 10th century BC.

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Image: ListAmaze ❖ Jainism and Buddhism, which are now termed as the two major religions were established in India in 600 and 500 BC, respectively.

Image: ListAmaze ❖ About 2600 years ago, India knew Plastic Surgery. Sushruta is considered as the father of surgery who knew around 300 kinds of operations and and he worked with more around 125 surgical instruments.

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Image: ListAmaze ❖ In the 5th century, Aryabhata correctly explained Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse.

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About 6,000 years back, the Art of Navigation was known to India. It was developed in the Indus river.

Image: Wikimedia ❖ Along with the Decimal system, the number Zero was invented in India in the 5th century during the Gupta period.

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Image: Wikimedia ❖ The Indus Valley Civilization which is termed as one of the world’s oldest civilizations is known to have existed some 3300 ­ 1300 BCE.

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