Amazing Unknown Fact about INDIA.......

I shared some of the amazing unknown Technological & Historical fact about INDIA. Lets check it out

• India is one of only three countries that makes supercomputers (the US and Japan are the other two).
• India is one of six countries that launches satellites.
• India has the second largest community of software developers, after the U.S.
• Thirty percent of the R&D researchers in American pharmaceutical companies are Indian Americans.
• Nearly 49% of the high-tech startups in silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. are owned by Indians or Indian-Americans.
• The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.
• Sanskrit is considered as the mother of all higher languages. This is because it is the most precise, and therefore suitable language for computer software. ( a report in Forbes magazine, July 1987 ).
• The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara temple at Tanjavur in Tamil Nadu. The shikhara is made from a single ' 80-tonne ' piece of granite.
• The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called 'Mokshapat'.
• The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. Built in 1893 after levelling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
• The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC.
• The value of "pi" was first calculated by the Indian Mathematician Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem.
• Until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world. ( Source . Gemological Institute of America )
• India is the birthplace of chess. The original word for "chess" is the Sanskrit chaturanga, meaning "four members of an army"—which were mostly likely elephants, horses, chariots, and foot soldiers.
• India has the world's third largest road network at 1.9 million miles. It also has the world's second largest rail network, which is the world's largest civilian employer with 16 million workers.
• India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history.
• India exports software to 90 countries.
• There are 300,000 active mosques in India, more than in any other country, including the Muslim world.
• Yoga has its origins in India and has existed for over 5,000 years