India produces 1000 varieties of mangoes!

India experiences 6 seasons in a year.

India has most number of mosques in the world.

Cotton was first spun and woven in India.

 Father of Medicine and Father of Surgery, both Indians.

One of the earliest schools of medicine known to mankind is Ayurveda. It was consolidated by Charaka nearly 2500 years ago. Sushruta, father of surgery, used to

conducted complicated surgical procedures 2600 years ago, without the sophisticated instruments of today.

 Snakes and ladders was

known as 'Mokshapat.'

There is no land between Somnath Shiva temple and

the south pole.

 Peacock was initially bred for food.

Rameshwaram Temple has the longest corridor in the

world.

There is a crater in the moon named after

Aryabhatta.

Sanskrit is a perfect language for developing a

computer software.

First successful eye transplant was performed in

India.This was done by a British Army surgeon who restored his pet antelope's vision by

taking the cornea of a recently killed antelope.

Arabic numerals were not invented in Arabia, but in

India.

India has never invaded any country.

Artists of Kangra school of art painted with blood!

 Padmanabhaswamy is the world's richest temple.

 India has the largest postal network in the world.

World's first university was established in India.

Takshila University, (now in Pakistan) established in 700 BCE, taught about 60 subjects to more than 10,000 students from all of the world!

Diamonds were first discovered in India.