India And Science

Our great and ancient motherland, India, and her great scientists and inventors have many contributions to the world. Every Indian must know about our country and be proud. 

Do you know that India has gifted the world "zero" too? What would science be without zero?

Listed below are a dozen of India's scientific gifts:

1. Father of Astronomy : Aryabhatta ; work : Aryabhattiyam 

2. Fathers of Surgery : Charaka and Sushruta ; works : Samhitas 

3. Father of Anatomy: Patanjali ; work: Yogasutra 

4. Father of Yoga : Patanjali ; work : Yogasutra 

5. Father of Economics : Chanakya ; work: Arthashastra 

6. Father of Atomic Theory : Rishi Kanada ; Work : Kanada sutras 

7. Father of Architecture : Vishwakarma ; work : Suryasiddantika 

8. Father of Aero Dynamics : Mayasura ; work : Vastu Darpana 

9. Father of Medicine : Dhanvanthri  - Ayurveda 

10. Father of Calculus: Bhaskara II ; work : Lilavati 

11. Father of Warfare and Weaponry: Parashurama ; works : Kalaripayatu, Sulba Sutras 

12. Father of Sexual Anatomy : Vatsyayana ; work: Kamasutra