Contributions of Ancient India

Question 1

Quick Stats as of 2007

Answer 1

• greatest population under age 25 (1 in 10)
• largest police force
• largest banana production
• largest voter registration numbers
• largest poor population (41%)
• largest number of films produced and cinema attendance
• largest and busiest railway system (16 million passengers daily)
• largest consumer and producer of sugar
• largest peninsula, only subcontinent that is a country

Question 2

Contributions of Ancient India

Answer 2

• Sanskrit (earliest and only known modern language)
• established the number 0 (zero)
• representing large numbers using a base of 10
• area and volume
• metallurgy (copper, bronze, steel)

Question 3

Holistic treatments

Answer 3

• nutrition (use of herbs and other plants)
• yoga
• meditation
• lack of surgery but intuitive knowledge (setting bones/taboo to touch dead bodies)