9 Awesome Facts About India Tourists Can't Believe
9. Advanced Surgery From Ancient Times
If you think plastic surgery is a modern convenience you're in for a big surprise india had it covered more than 2500 years ago way back in the 6th century Bc.
Somewhere around that time there lived an outstanding doctor by the name of sushruta.
He's called one of the founding fathers of surgery and for good reason his Sushruta Samhita is a real Gem of a book it covers over one thousand one hundred diseases.
All kinds of medicinal plants and dozens of surgical procedures but what's probably the most jaw-dropping thing about the book is that it also described surgical reconstruction of the nose.
So basically if you lived in ancient india you could get yourself a nose job okay maybe it wasn't the rhinoplasty we know today with anesthesia and all but that's still impressive.
8. The First Diamond Dealer Up
Until the 18th century india was the only source of Diamonds in the world according to the gemological institute of America.
These precious stones were first discovered and traded in the 4th century BCE of course industrial mining and diamond processing was out of the question back.
Then so india only had a limited supply of them that was ok though because the demand was equally limited only the wealthiest could afford.
Such a luxury since then countries like Russia Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo have taken the lead in Diamonds production.
But the fact is a country known for its love of gold also had bragging rights for maintaining a diamond monopoly for almost a thousand years ooh fancy.
7. One of the Earliest Civilizations
Civilized Urban life as we know it dates back about five Thousand years in India.
Well fine they didn't have central heating or anything not that they needed it but the indlus valley civilization was still among the most advanced out there in the ancient world.
The Ancient history Encyclopedia says that by 2600 bce dozens of towns and cities belong to that civilization.
And i must say they had quite a comfy life for their time houses had bathrooms and wells and every city had a drainage system social conditions were also way better than in other civilizations.
At that time on top of that the ancient indians had a seriously mysterious writing system that scientists still can't decipher to this day who knows what wonders these ancient texts hide
6.A Civilizations Ahead of Its Time
Speaking of better social conditions during the vedic period which lasted from about 1500 to 500 bc.
The indian society was probably the most equal in the known world at that time although.
It was still patriarchal women got a lot of respect could become sages and sears received an equal education with men and enjoyed all kinds of rights.
There was no such thing as arranged marriage back then that only appeared much later and political debates were rarely held without women giving speeches and men were wise to listen to their words hear that fellas i guess you could call the vedic period the golden age of india's history.
5. The Most Important Number
What do you think that might be we'd be in big trouble without this most important number okay enough riddles.
l'm talking about zero the concept of zero and the rules of its use were first invented in india at around the 7th century Bc.
Before that the idea of nothing hadn't even been treated as a number it was no more than an empty space between real numbers.
I suppose people just didn't see the convenience of it yet like every time i look in my bank account after i pay my bills yeah convenience.
4.Clean Hair
Has the word shampoo ever struck you as odd say it out loud a few times and you'll see what i mean well it might sound foreign to you because it probably is not unless.
You're from india and in that case thanks for the word yes shampoo is derived from the hindi word shampoo which means to massage or need and the first mission of this head kneading.
Was by greek historian strabo back in the 4th century bce at the time shampooing was only common to indians they massaged their heads with various herbs and extracts and then washed them off with water to keep their hair clean the practice of using shampoo didn't come to europe until a thousand years later in the early 19th century looks like it took long enough to catch up.
3.Math And Astronomy
genius in ancient india mathematics and astronomy had been two major disciplines since 1500 BCE or even earlier.
But Arguably one of india's greatest minds lived in the 5th century ce his name was Arya bhatta and he wrote a treatise on astronomy.
That became a foundation for many later studies despite using a geocentric model of the solar system which showed the sun and moon revolving around the earth Arya bhata presented many ideas that are still used today.
For Example he calculated the length of the year almost to the minute found the value of pi and explained that the moon and planets shine because of sunlight reflecting off of them not bad for the fifth century .
2. The Guru of Games
Do you play chess even if you don't you know what it is but did you know that its ancestor was born in india.
Too the Ancient game was called Chaturanga and it appeared at around the 6th century ce nobody knows the exact rules of the game but judging by its appearance.
It's safe to assume it had a lot in common with chess and similar games like the japanese shogi for instance another classic board game is snakes and ladders.
It's not really known when and where it first appeared but most say it comes from the 13th century Indian game called Mokshapot the idea was to teach kids about vice in the form of snakes and virtue the latters.
1.Humble Island Beginnings
India wasn't always a Subcontinent in the era of dinosaurs over 100 million years ago it was actually an island.
It had broken off from a super continent and slowly but steadily traveled north arriving to its present day location in just about 50 million years.
The Dinosaurs had already gone extinct by then though they didn't get to see what happened next the giant Indian Island Collided with Asia in a colossal Continental boom.
The impact was so hard in fact that the himalayas were formed almost in an instant yep.
That's how the youngest mountain chain in the world appeared actually india now a subcontinent is still slowly pressing northward making everest grow basically the highest peak on the planet.
Is now a few millimeters or even centimeters taller than last year which come to think of it makes it harder and harder for alpinest to get to the top oh better cross that one off your bucket list sooner than later.
Now do you know any other neat or shocking facts about india's history let me know in the comments below.
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