Important Inventions of India

There are many countries in this century that have visited us for many reasons: their mystery, their landscape, their customs, etc. But more and more people, when they are going to travel to a country with a different culture full of mystery, want to know curiosities and the keys of those countries to which they are going to travel and one of them is the India.

The India it is a country full of incognitoand from which, over the years, many of the wonders that have been achieved in their lands full of riches and magic have been lost, for example all the inventions that have been used by the rest of the world, both western and eastern, and has even evolved over the years.

Indian inventions that revolutionized the world

One of the world's oldest civilizations and, in turn, one of the most populous countries in the world, is primarily responsible for making a volume of contributions in the world of science, art, and mathematics. If you look at many of the things that we use regularly today, they have their origin and / or are based on principles created in India. The most important ones and the ones you would never believe are Indian inventions are these:

Mathematical inventions

Aryabhatta invented the "zero", as a number, since the numbering system was invented in this country.

Another thing that Has its origin in India is algebra, trigonometry, geometry and calculus.

A well-known term around the world is "Ayurveda", in Devanagari the science of Life. When we seek to raise the defenses of our body we resort to a system like this. In the evolution of history, Ayurveda remains a very influential system of medicine in Asia.

From India too binary number system came out so used in computers and all kinds of digital devices.

Baudhāyana was the one who discovered the value of "pi" and, in turn, explained what is known as the "Pythagoras theorem" in the 6th century, long before European mathematicians began to work with it.

Scientific Inventions

A century earlier, another Indian named Bhaskaracharya calculated the time it takes for the Earth to circle the Sun in its orbit.

Believe it or not, Astronomy is also a science that appeared in India before anywhere else in the world.

Wireless communication was discovered by an Indian professor, demonstrated by the USA.

You should also know that 2.600 years ago, surgery operations were already carried out in India with certain complications, such as: cataracts, caesarean sections, fractures, plastic, brain surgeries, etc. Sushruta and his team used more than 120 tools to carry out these operations.

Games invented in India

"Chaturanga", it was how it was known chess when it was invented in India during the 6th century.

We all remember the typical snake game that was found on many phones from several years ago and that was the most viral game of the time but, anyone would say that this game is inspired by an Indian game called "Moshapat", based on snakes and ladders created in the 13th century and that has undergone and will continue to undergo modifications throughout history.

If there is something that is present in our lives almost daily and in many of the things we use, it is the buttons. These little gems were discovered in the Indus Valley almost five thousand years ago.

We have all played at some time "Pachisi", but not all of us know that is a game inspired by another previously invented in India called "Ludo", made with fabric and with standards very similar to those used universally.

Technological inventions from India

In the 16th century, a way was found to manufacture the first prefabricated and mobile structures whose idea was later exported to the major world powers and transformed and improved.

Named by Fortune Magazine as one of the "7 heroes forgotten ", Dr. Narinder Kapany, is well known in the world of technology and digital devices such as "Father of fiber optics" due to its pioneering studies and work with this type of fiber and its preparation for future applications.

Religions born in India

India is also the cradle of the creation of Buddhism and Yoga.

Other curious inventions from India

Another great Indian invention has been shampoo. This element was created during the British Raj, this being the time when hairdressers boil soap with herbs of different kinds to give hair shine and fragrance. The word shampoo is derived from the Hindu word "Shampo", which comes to say calm or pressure.