10 Great Inventions of INDIA

1. ZERO

One of the greatest and most important contributions to the history of mathematics is zero, which was given to the world by the great mathematician and astronomer Aryabhatta.

2. AYURVEDA

Charak is called the ‘Father of Ayurveda’. He has mentioned about 340 plant species and about 200 animal species in his book ‘Charak Samhita’. It has been practiced in India for more than 5,000 year.

3. CHESS

This game is basically the invention of India, whose ancient name was ‘Chaturanga’ which went from India to Europe via Arabia and then became popular and famous all over the world in 15/16th century.

4. YOGA

India has introduced the world to yoga. Yoga is practiced in our country since ancient times, which originated from the first Yoga Guru Lord Shiva.

5. SHAMPOO

In India SHAMPOO was invented in 1762 in the eastern parts of the Mughal Empire and used as a ‘head massage’, which included natural oils and herbs.

6. WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Jagadish Chandra Bose was actually the first person to publicly demonstrate the use of radio waves for communication in 1895.

7. SURGERY

Historians believe that plastic surgery was being performed in India since 2000 BC. The ancient Indian physician Sushruta, who is credited with being the father of plastic surgery around 600 BCE