KNOW MORE ABOUT INIDIA

·        The official Sanskrit name for India is Bharat.

·        INDIA has been called Bharat even in Satya yuga (Golden Age)

·        More INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT India.

·        The number system was invented by India. Aryabhatta was the scientist who invented the digit zero.

·        Chess was invented in India.

·        Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies which originated in India.

·        The' place value system' and the 'decimal system' were developed in 100 BC in India.

·        The first six Mogul Emperor's of India ruled in an unbroken succession from father to son for two hundred years, from 1526 to 1707.

·        India is.......the Largest democracy in the world, the 6th largest country in the world AND one of the most ancient and living civilizations (at least 10, 000 years old). 

·        The game of snakes & ladders was created by the 13th century poet saint Gyandev. It was originally called ’Mokshapat.' The ladders in the game represented virtues and the snakes indicated vices. The game was played with cowries’ shells and dices. Later through time, the game underwent several modifications but the meaning is the same i.e. good deeds take us to heaven and evil to a cycle of re-births.

·        The world's highest cricket ground is in Chail, Himachal Pradesh. 
Built in 1893 after leveling a hilltop, this cricket pitch is 2444 meters above sea level.
 

·        India has the most post offices in the world!

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