From India the religion &Sciences spread to other countries like China,jap an and other Far -Eastern Countries

during the Buddhist era. Surya Siddhanta occ upies very important place in India. Bha drabalu, an astronomerwas the author of Astronomical Samhita commenting on Surya Prajnapati. Aryabhat wrote at least tw o books on Astronomy(1) Arya Bhatiya(2) Arya Bhate Siddanta. Arya Bhatta propoun ded the theory of rotation of the earth; he had also invented an alphabetical sy stem of notation. Brahma Gupta composed Brahma Phute Siddanta. Our most panchang s are based on the classical astronomical treatise Surya Siddanta. Bhaskarachary a[Circa 1150CE] has discussed in this work of his among other things the Earth's attraction for things[The Gravitational Force that Newton discovered for the We stern world ,much later ] He had stated in the Surya Siddhanta that heavy things fall on earth on account of earth attraction(Madhyakarshana). The famous Iron P illar (Qutab minar) which remains un-rusted for 1500 years indicates the advance ment of Micro Iron Technology. India s fine cloth and crafts were famous througho ut the world. World wonder temples at Angkor Vat in Cambodia, Borobundar temple in Java, Kailash temple at Ellora and wall paintings of Ananta had surprised the entire world. India had developed its marine activities as early as 3rd milleni um BC which played important role in spreading the trade and cultural contacts w ith distant lands and our ships sailed, up and down to all quarters of the earth .Archaeological discoveries at sites both coastal and internal have provided elo quent proof of trade and cultural relations between India and Mediterranean worl d. The universities of Takshashilla[Taxila], Ujjain, Amaravati, Nalanda, Kashi, Kanchi, Vikramsila, Madura, Vallabhi, Mithila, Odantapuri, Nadia, and many other s were well organised and well equipped as early as 700 BC. The Patanjal Rishi a nd Kapil Muni codified the yoga sutras and Vedic science of yoga, which has help ed man even to achieve Nirvana. The Buddhism which spread in many countries such as Sri Lankan, China, Japan, Syria, Egypt, Macedonia, Central Asia, Burma as ea rly as 6th and 5th centuries BCE had been the shadow of Hinduism in terms of its culture and civilisation.The amazing discoveries and innovations and scientists. They had told the world the remarkable achievements of Indian Pa st that had virtually been lost during centuries of foreign rule. The comments o f the some Albert Einstein :We owe a lot to Indians, who taught us how to count, without wh ich no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made. Romain Rolland :If there is one place on the face of this earth where all the dr eams of living men have found a home from the very earliest day when man began t he dream of existence, it is India. Mark Twain: India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human spee ch, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history o f man are treasured up in India only. In religion, India is only millionaire; th e one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for all the Will Durant It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to west, such gifts asWill Durant It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to west, such gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism and chess, and above all numerals, and the decimals system. Thoreau : Whenever I have read any part of the Veda, I have felt that some unear thly and unknown light In the great teaching of Vedas, there is no touch of sect arianism. It is of all ages, climbs, and nationalities and is the royal road for the attainment of great Knowledge.Whenever I read it, I feel that I am under th e spangled heavens of as summer night. 6