Toilet
The toilet may not immediately spring to mind when talking about the most notable inventions in human history, but the comfort that it provides to our daily lives is truly immeasurable. Where would humankind be without this most outstanding of inventions? The toilet was invented by the Indus Valley civilisation way back in 2500 B.C. […]
Trigonometry
Indians have always had a noteworthy relationship with mathematics. Therefore, it’s no surprise that trigonometry was borne in India. Trigonometry developed in ancient India to solve astronomy problems. The earliest reference to trigonometry in India occurs in the text “Suryasidhanta” (c. 400). Important works from the 4th & the 5th century AD, like the Siddhantas, […]
Weighing Scale
The oldest evidence of the weighing scale dates to c. 2400–1800 B.C. in the Indus River Valley. Before that, banking was not performed due to the lack of scales. Uniform, polished stone cubes discovered in early settlements were used as mass-setting stones in balance scales. Although the cubes bear no markings, their masses are multiples […]
Wootz Steel
Nestled among the various layers of history in India is a material that has contributed to the growth in material technology over centuries. There are numerous early literary references to steel from India including one from the time of Alexander (3rd century, BC), who was said to have been presented with 100 talents of Indian […]
Yoga
Yoga is arguably the most trending form of exercise around the world. Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP) Yoga, AcroYoga, Aqua Yoga and Aerial Yoga are just some of the spinoffs of the age-old form of meditation. The term yoga is derived from the Sanskrit word “Yuj” meaning to unite; the union of the individual self with […]
Zero
Arguably, the most instrumental number in man’s exploration of the world of mathematics is the number zero. Just how important is the number zero? It is the number around which the negative numbers to its left stretch into infinity and the positive numbers to the right do likewise. It is neither positive nor negative. For […]