Ancient India's Contributions to the World
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“Knowledge for Power”
Published
on Nov 21, 2013
India is
one of the oldest and richest civilizations in the world. It is home to the
world's first planned cities, where every house had its own bathroom and toilet
five thousand years ago.
The Ancient
Indians have not only given us yoga, meditation and complementary medicines,
but they have furthered our knowledge of science, maths -- and invented
Chaturanga, which became the game of chess.
According
to Albert Einstein, they "taught us how to count", as they invented
the numbers 1-9 and 'zero', without which there would be no computers or
digital age. Unfairly we call this system of counting Arabic numbers -- a
misplaced credit.
Two
thousand years ago the Indians pioneered plastic surgery, reconstructing the
noses and ears on the faces of people who had been disfigured through
punishment or warfare. They performed eye operations such as cataract removal
and invented inoculation to protect their population from Smallpox, saving
thousands of lives.
Hosted by
Jack Turner. Published by Discovery Channel, 2007.
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