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Great Indian Discovery: discovery of Zero, Ayurveda, Surgery and Yoga
Great Indian Discoveries: discovery of Zero, Ayurveda, Surgery and Yoga and their importance
ZERO
Aryabhatt
The Master Astronomer & Mathematician
Aryabhatta worked on the place value system and discovered zero
He discovered the position of nine planets and expressed that these likewise rotated around the sun.
AYURVEDA
Maharshi Charak
One of the principal contributors to Ayurveda
SURGERY
Maharishi Sushruta
Maharishi Shushruta is a legendry scholar of the Indian medical science and founding father of surgery.
YOGA
Maharshi Patanjali
The Father Of Yoga
Maharishi Patanjali, "The Father of Yoga", compiled 195 sutras, which serve as a framework for integrating Yoga into the daily routine and leading an ethical life.
The exact date of the compilation of the Yoga Sutras is not known. However, it is believed that they were written somewhere around 200 BC.
