INDIAN ADVANCEMENTS TO SCIENCE

ATOMISM

• The earliest mention of the concept of the atom traces back to India in the 6th century BCE.
• This advanced science because they discovered the idea of the atom and helped future researchers study them.
• We have built upon this by researching atoms further and getting more precise and exact.
• This affects us because without it we wouldn't understand what things were made of.

CARBON PIGMENT

• It was made in the 4th century BCE.
• It was used with Indian ink.
• This advanced science by creating a way for people to make dyes and change the color of certain items.
• We have built upon this by getting more efficient at making dyes and by getting more/better colors.
• This affects us because we use dyes all the time in things like clothes.

PLASTIC SURGERY

• Treatments of plastic repair of a broken nose are mentioned in India.
• One of the first medical procedures dates back to around 3000 to 2500 BCE.
• This advanced science by showing how you can alter parts of the body using a procedure.
• We built upon it by getting better at the procedures and being able to do different procedures for different parts of the body.
• This affects us because if you ever get in an accident then they can still operate on you to make you look like the accident never happened.

COTTON CULTIVATION

• Indians started cultivating cotton around the 4th-5th millennium BCE.
• It advanced science by allowing people to harvest cotton and make different things made of cloth out of the cotton.
• We built upon it by being able to making clothes more comfortable.
• This affects us because we wear clothes and before you can make cotton clothes you need to harvest the cotton.

RULER

• Rulers made from Ivory were discovered in western India and they date back to 1500 BCE.
• This advanced science by allowing scientists to measure things in their research.
• We built upon it by being able to measure things with a more accurate measurement.
• This affects us because we still use rulers to measure things.

CATARACT SURGERY

• The first procedure was done in the 6th century BCE by Indian physician Sushruta.
• This advanced science by allowing people to fix the cloudiness in your eye and being able to see again.
• We have built upon it by making the procedure better, allowing it to be more effective.
• This affects us because if you have this problem in your eyes then you can get it fixed.

RADIO/WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

• The first demonstration was by Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose in 1895.
• This advanced science by allowing people to have technology communicate wirelessly.
• We have built upon this by making the wireless communication faster and more efficient.
• This affects us today because we use wireless communication in our every day lives.

INK

• Ink was first used in India in the 4th century BCE.
• This advanced science by allowing a way to write easily.
• We built upon this by being able to print paper documents with ink on it, and by being able to mass produce it.
• This affects us because people still use ink in pens to write.

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SOURCES

• http://www.sciencefocus.com/blog/5-indias-contributions-science http://www.storypick.com/20-clever-inventions-probably-didnt-know-made-indi... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_India

CONTRIBUTIONS

• Cole: Made most slides and made the time line
• Trevin: Made some slides and researched
• Damien: Researched