WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Ancient Indian achievement do we still use in all of our schools & businesses today?
A
Sanskrit writing
B
Religious sculptures
C
Plastic surgery
D
Hindu-Arabic numerals
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Hindu–Arabic or Indo–Arabic numerals were invented by mathematicians in India. Persian and Arabic mathematicians called them “Hindu numerals". Later they came to be called “Arabic numerals” in Europe because they were introduced to the West by Arab merchants.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian mathematicians made early contributions to the study of the concept of zero as a number, negative numbers, arithmetic, and algebra. In addition, trigonometry was further advanced in India, and, in particular, the modern definitions of sine and cosine were developed there.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the field of literature, the Indians produced the Rig Veda which is the earliest specimen of the Indo-Aryan language and literature, and on its basis an attempt has been made to determine the nature of the Aryan culture.

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