Transcript Indian Achievements

Indian Achievements
Key Terms
• Metallurgy
• Alloys
• Hindu-Arabic
numerals
• Inoculation
• Astronomy
Questions to ponder…
1. How do you think the
following achievements
effected life in ancient
India?
2. How do you think the
following achievements
effect you today?
3. What would life be like
without these scientific
advancements?
Scientific Advances
• The ancient Indians were
pioneers of metallurgy, the
science of working with
metals.
• Ancient Indians
understood how to mix
metals and create alloys.
• These alloys were often
stronger and easier to
work with.
How do you think alloys helped ancient Indians?
The pillar is very
resistant to rust
and is studied even
today.
Ancient Indians
created the
Iron Pillar
near Delhi.
Ancient Indians
are also believed
to have had an
important role
in the creation of
“0,”
Mathematics
• Ancient Indians developed
many elements of our
modern math system.
• The very numbers we use
today are called the
Hindu-Arabic numerals
• They were created by
Indian scholars and
brought to Europe by the
Arabs.
Medicine
• As early as the AD 100s,
doctors in India were
making medicines from
plants and minerals.
• Besides curing diseases,
doctors were able to
protect others from
disease through
inoculation.
• Indian doctors also
performed surgeries.
Inoculation is when a small dose of a virus is injected into a person
to help him or her build up defense to the disease and protect itself.
Indian doctors
Fixed broken bones,
Removed tonsils,
And reattached
Earlobes.
Astronomy
• Ancient Indians were very
interested in astronomy,
the study of stars and
planets.
• They were aware of seven
of the eight planets.
• They knew the sun was a
star.
• They could even predict
eclipses of the sun and the
moon.