20 Clever Inventions You Probably Didnt Know Were Made By Indians

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inventio ns and discove ries have been instrum ental in shaping the face of the current modern world. We picked up 20 such interesti ng findings out of a whole bunch that will make you go, I didnt know that.
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20 Clever Inventions You Probably Didnt Know Were Made By Indians

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1. Butt ons

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Buttons were first used in Mohenj o-daro for orname ntal purpose rather than for fastenin g. They were first used in the Indus Valley Civilizati on by 2000 BCE.
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2. Che ss
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Chess develop ed out of Chatura nga, which is an ancient strategy board game develop ed during the Gupta Empire in India around the 6th century AD. Now you know why Vishwa nathan Anand is such a pro, rag rag me is tarah

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3. P refa bric ated hom e and mov able stru ctur e

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In 16th century Mughal India, during the reign of Akbar, the first

prefabri cated & movabl e structur es were invented .

4. Rule r

Rulers were first used by the Indus Valley Civilizati on prior to 1500 BCE. Made of ivory, the rulers found during excavati

on, reveal the amazin g accurac y of decimal subdivis ions on it.

5. Sha mpo o

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The word Shamp oo is derived from ch mpo ( ). It was initially used as a head massag

e oil for the Nawabs of Bengal during the Mughal Empire around 1762. It evolved into shampo o over the years.

6. Sna kes and Lad ders

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The game, Snakes &

Ladders , was invented in India as a game of morals. Later it spread to England and eventual ly introduc ed in the USA by game pioneer Milton Bradley in 1943.

7. Cott on culti vati on (We

clot hed the worl d, yay! )

The ancient Greeks used to wear animal skins and were not even aware of cotton. But Indians were sort of cool and started cultivati ng cotton

during the 5th 4th millenni um BCE in the Indus Valley Civilizati on. The word spread to the Mediterr anean and beyond and soon everyon e was ordering one from Flipkart. Well, pretty much.

8. Fibo nac

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The Fibonac ci number s were first describ ed by Virah anka, Gopala and Hemach andra a s an outgrow th of earlier writings by Pingala.

9. Deci mal

Syst em, Qua drati c for mul a and Zero !

It was in 7th century CE when Brahma gupta found the first general formula for solving quadrati c equatio ns. The decimal

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system (or the Hindu number system), which was a precurs or of the Arabic numeric system, was develop ed in India betwee n the 1st and 6th centurie s CE.
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10. Suit s Gam e

The popular game of

cards originat ed from India & was known as Kridapatram (which literally means painted rags for playing ).

11. Cata ract Sur gery

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Indian physicia n Sushrut a (6th century BCE)

had the knowled ge of performi ng cataract surgery. It spread to China from India. Greek scientist s would visit India to get operatio ns done and also to learn the nittygritties.

12. Dia mon d Mini ng

Worldwi de, India was the only source of diamon ds until the discove ry of mines in Brazil in the 18th century. Almost 5000 years ago, diamon ds were first recogni zed and mined in central India.

13.

Wat er on Moo n
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14. Rad io/ Wire less com mun icati on

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We all know that Marconi receive da Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 for contribu tion to the develop ment of wireless telegrap hy. But the first

public demons tration of radio waves for commu nication was made by Sir Jagdish Chandr a Bose in 1895, two years prior to Marconi s similar demons tration in England . Sir Bose was posthu mously credited (more than a

century later) for his achieve ment. The fact remains that this discove ry truly shaped the face of modern wireless commu nication.

15. Flus h Toil ets

Flush toilets were first used in the

Indus Valley Civilizati on. These existed in most homes and were connect ed to a sophisti cated sewage mechan ism. The civilizati on was promine nt in hydrauli c enginee ring.

16. Bina ry Cod e

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Binary number s were first describ ed by Pingala (c. 200 BC). Pingala is the tradition al name of the author of the Chanda stra, the earliest known Sanskrit treatise on prosody .

17. Ink

Many ancient cultures and civilizati ons indepen dently discove red and prepare d ink for writing purpose s. The source of carbon pigment used in Indian Ink (called musi) used in ancient India, was India. Since 4th century BC, the practice of

writing with ink with a sharp pointed needle was commo n in South India.

18. Stee l& Met al wor ks

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Ancient Indians were pioneer s in metallur gy. High quality steel was

produce d, almost two thousan d years before it was underst ood by the West. One of the most remarka ble feat in metallur gy: creating a seamle ss celestial globe, was invented in Kashmir . It was earlier conside red impossi

ble to create a metal globe without seams. So thanks to India, Iron Man can ear his suit now.

19. Fibe r Opti cs

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Narinde r Singh Kapany, is widely recogni zed as the Father of Fiber Optics for his pioneeri ng work in Fiber Optics technolo gy. Watch him speak eloquen tly on his entrepre neurial journey.

20. Plas tic Sur

gery
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Yes, you heard it right. Indians were pioneer s in Plastic Surgery too. It was carried out in India as early as 2000 BCE. So, we ve always been a cool country. History is testimo ny to it. So whats

stoppin g you from being innovati ve? Go, win the world.

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