EDUCATION FACTS 

    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

    India invented the number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta 

     Average Years of Schooling for Indians (all states) Females 1.8 years, Males 2.9 years

    Bhaskaracharya who calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before astronomer Smart, found in the fifth century, that it took 365.258756484 days.

    The art of navigation was developed in the river Sindh 6,000 years ago, The very word  navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word navgatih. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit nou

    Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were made by Sridharacharya in the 11th century. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 1,053,91 0 to the power of 53 with specific names as early as 5,000 BC during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 1,012,910 to the power,of 12.


    The value of "Pi" was first calculated by Budhayana before Pythagoras. He discovered this in the sixth century long before European mathematicians. 


   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. The University of Nalanda 
built in the fourth century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.