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An ancient trail of Lord Ganesha: A global god much before globalization
Amazing facts about India From sculptures of Lord Ganesha in Central America, Persia, Iran, Afghanistan, China, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia and many other South-East Asian islands- there is a wide footprint of Lord Ganesha, tracing back to 2,500 years ago a ... -
How sugar travelled around the world
Amazing facts about India The Sanskrit word for sugarcane is Ikshu. It is interesting that one of the oldest dynasties of India, the Surya Vamsa, solar dynasty, which gave rise to luminaries such as Rama, Dasaratha, Aja, Raghu, Dilipa, Bhagiratha, Sagara, ... -
Svatantrata: Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake
Amazing facts about India Perhaps the renowned king, Raja Chandragupta did not know the example he was setting when he successfully threw off the repression of the Nanda tyranny. With the help of the master tactician, Chanakya, the king made a statement a ... -
When modern rockets were born in the court of an intrepid Indian king
Amazing facts about India Modern rockets are popularly attributed to the American, Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard, in whose recognition the space research center of NASA in the USA has been named, the Goddard Space Flight Center. However, the earliest sys ... -
How Adishesha’s five heads & Ksheer Sagara have a deep cosmic significance
Amazing facts about India Narayana is always depicted in a reclining form on the bed of a 5-hooded coiled snake called Adishesha in literature, sculpture, and all other art forms. Normally, a snake has only one head. Why is Adishesha always depicted with ... -
When ancient town planning systems exhibit genius in thinking
Amazing facts about India The common belief is that the world did not have a structured drainage system until 1800 CE. However, there’s another story in the archaeological Indus Valley sites of the Sindhu Saraswati basin in the North-Western part of India ... -
Once upon a time when India had 25% of world trade
Amazing facts about India From 1 CE all the way through the next two millennia up to 1700 CE, all the large scale industries like mining, metallurgy, textiles, arts, and crafts flourished in India. They boosted trade to such an extent that India held abou ... -
Little known facts about Krishna
Amazing facts about India. * What is the connection between a pillar built by a Greek ambassador and Krishna? * Did the Yamuna truly part for Vasudev and the infant Krishna? * Did the legendary city of Dwarka exist? The holy book Srimad-Bhagavad describ ... -
When one of the oldest scriptures in the world spoke of gravity
Amazing facts about India. Sir Issac Newton, the English astronomer, mathematician and physicist, is widely hailed as the person who formulated the laws of gravitation and motion. The story goes that he came up with the concept of gravity under an apple t ... -
Fascinating insights into the story of khakhi, red and indigo
Amazing facts about India. Why did the Pope like the umbrella in India? Why did the British like pyjamas? Why is the uniform of the Indian cricket team blue? It’s thrilling, really. To unearth forgotten facts from our forgotten past. To see the past wit ...
