Facts of India -3

1. The largest employer in the world is the Indian railway system, employing over a million people.

2. The World's first university was established in Takshila in 700 BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects.

3. The University of Nalanda built in the 4th century was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

4. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to mankind. The father of medicine, Charaka, consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago.

5. India was one of the richest countries till the time of British in the early 17th Century.

6. The art of Navigation & Navigating was born in the river Sindh 6000 over years ago. The very word 'Navigation' is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from the Sanskrit word 'Nou'.

7. Christopher Columbus was attracted by India's wealth and was looking for route to India when he discovered America by mistake.

8. Bhaskaracharya rightly calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart. His calculations in 5th century was the time taken by earth to orbit the sun was 365.258756484 days.