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Indians Contribution

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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INDIANS CONTRIBUTION

TO SCIENCE
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INTRODUCTION

  • We will be talking about how the country of india has been involved in science.

MATHEMATICS

  • INDIA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO STUDY MATHAMATICS, ALGEBRA, AND CREATED THE NUMBER 0.
  • We still use math today in many schools
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ATOMISM

  • India was also one of the first to study Atomism and Physics.
  • Scientist still study atomism today to understand more about atoms
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JANTAR MANTAR

  • The Jantar Mantar was used to follow the movement of the moon and sun to help determine auspicious dates and events
  • Made By Aryabhata
  • This invention is used today to still judge the moon and sun
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ASTRONOMY

  • India was one of the first to also study astronomy.
  • Astronomy is the study of Space.
  • They studied it around 500AD.
  • Scientist still study astronomy today to help learn about space

INK

  • India first made ink out of burned bones tar and pitch
  • It was usually written with a sharp pointed needle
  • Ink is used in todays pens
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CHESS

  • Chess is a 2 player board game made in india to represent a King and a Queen
  • Now sometimes used in School Curriculum
  • Today still played by millions of people
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BINARY CODE

  • Binary numbers were first described by Pingala
  • Binary code represents computer code
  • India used it for there writting
  • We use it to code todays computers

RULER

  • Made to measure length,width,height
  • India uses the metric system today but used a way more complicated system in 1500BC
  • Used in carpentry and in schools today
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INDIAN TIMELINE