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Ayurveda is India’s 3000 years old system of medicine. The word ` Ayurveda’ has two words ` Ayur’ meaning `life’ and `Veda’ meaning `knowledge’.

Charaka, ancient Indian physician, knew thee fundamental of genetics some 2,000 years ago.

Susruta, the father of plastic surgery, devised an artificial nose more than 2,500 years ago.

Prafulla Chandra ray is often called the `father of modern chemistry’ in India. He converted the waste cattle bones into a medicinal compound from which a nerve tonic was made in 1896.

Brahmagupta – (AD 598) was the first to use mathematics to solve problems in astronomy.

Arthshastra, written by Kautilya or Chanakya in the 4th century BC, is considered the oldest treatise on government and economics. 

When Kalidas’s drama Abhijnyan Shankuntalam appeared in Europe in English, it created a sensation of sorts among the intellectuals. Subsequently it was translated into German, French, Danish and Italian.

The Mahabharata is considered the longest poem in the world. Vedavyasa, the author of the Mahabharata, is said to have had the service of Lord Ganesh as his scribe!

The Gita was first translated into English by Charles Wilkins in 1785. It has been translated into about 60 languages of the world.

The Bhagvad Gita is a poem of seven hundred verses, written in the form of a dialogue.

Panchtantra is the oldest collection of fables in Sanskrit. Among its two hundred versions are the famous Aesop’s Fables, which were also based on the Panchtantra stories.

The animal fables of the Jatakas recount the previous births of Lord Buddha.

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