5 Things India Gave To Outer World

India is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. Ancient India gave many wonderful things to the world. The history of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in the Indian subcontinent ; the advancement of civilization from the Indus Valley Civilization to the eventual blending of the Indo-Aryan culture to form the Vedic Civilization.

# Sanskrit

Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages of the world which belong to the Indo-European family of languages.

# Rig Veda

One of the world’s oldest books, the Rig veda was composed between 1700-1100 BC and contains hymns in praise of the gods which are chanted at various ceremonies by the Hindus.

# Kamasutra

The world’s first most comprehensive sexual treatise which taught not only about various position for sexual intercourse, but also how to live life as per four goals of Hindu way of life.

# Zero

Fifth-century Indian mathematician-astronomer Aryabhata implicitedly created a place for zero in his place-value system. And it was seventh-century Indian mathematician Brahmagupta who gave zero its place in the numerical system and showed that subtracting a number from itself results in zero.

# Yoga

The wholesome system for body and mental well-being was born in ancient India. Today, yoga is a multi-billion industry in the West and now even the UN has adopted a world yoga day.

# Ayurveda

This wholesome ancient Indian system of medicine linked physical well-being to mental thoughts.

# Buddhism

Apart Hinduism, two other major religions Buddhism and Jainism were born in India. Later, in the 15th century Sikhism was also born in India. Buddhism is one of the fastest growing religions in the West today.