Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is the crown jewel of modern Indian scientific achievements. Its a leading government agency engaged in space exploration, performing space-related tasks and developing related technology. Around 1962, in the government circle, the discussions about space …
The literature of Sanatana Dharma covers a wide variety of topics like theology, philosophies, music, arts, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, etc. The focus of Sanatana Dharma on a continuous discovery of Truth, and the absence of dogma, created an environment of …
Brahmagupta: Ancient Indian astronomer and mathematician. Brahmagupta lived in India between 598 and 668 AD. Brahmagupta was born in 598 CE in Bhinmal city in the state of Rajasthan of northwest India. He was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. He first …
Dr Janaki Ammal, pioneering botanist, cytogeneticist and passionate plant scientist who sweetened our sugarcane varieties served as the head of the Botanical Survey of India in the 1950s. Born in 1897 in Thalasseri, Kerala, India, she was the 10th child …
The attitude of Hindus towards religion and spirituality has always been one of seeking and inquiring, and not one of dogmatic assertion. This approach is the basis of a scientific and open-mind outlook, and is complemented by two other concepts …
India has a rich history of inventions and discoveries, because of its social and spiritual traditions of seeking knowledge. All religious systems evolved in India emphasise seeking knowledge to discover the truth. That has helped in making many remarkable discoveries …
India has a rich history of mathematical discoveries and inventions of Zero and decimal etc. There has been a long list of mathematicians and astronomers who made significant contributions to the development of this branch of science. Zero – The …
Ancient Hindu calendars had divided the year on the basis of the religious rites and seasons (Ritu). Following seasons are the part of ancient Hindi calendar – Vasant (spring) from mid-March to mid-May Greeshma (summer) from mid-May to mid-July Varsha …
Kanad (कणाद) was a sage, an ancient Indian natural scientist and the philosopher who founded the Vaisheshika school of Indian philosophy that also represents the earliest Indian physics. He is believed to have lived between the 6th – 2nd BCE …
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