Indianism

Indian Flag of India Languages Languages of India , including: Assamese   Bengali Bodo Chhattisgarhi Dogri English Gujarati Hindi Kashmiri Kannada Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Nepali Odia Punjabi Rajasthani Sanskrit Santhali Sindhi Tamil Telugu Tulu Urdu Religion Predominantly: Hinduism Jainism (historical) Minorities: Islam Christianity Sikhism Buddhism Jainism Zoroastrianism Judaism Bahá'í Irreligion Related ethnic groups Indian diaspora Indians  are the people who are the nationals or citizens of India, the second most populous nation containing 17.50% of the world's population. "Indian" refers to nationality, but not ethnicity or language. The Indian nationality consists of many regional ethno-linguistic groups, reflecting the rich and complex history of India. India hosts all major ethnic groups found in the Indian Subcontinent. The  diaspora  populations with Indian ancestry, as

Here are some lesser known facts about India. 1.India was once an island. Image Source India was a continent long ago when dinosaurs paraded around the Earth. Most of what is left of the country are the remains of the island which once broke off from the supercontinent Gondwana. About 50 million years ago, India collided with another continent Asia and gave rise to the youngest yet highest mountain ranges, The Himalayas, and is now a peninsula. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Our Obsession with Maths. Image Source The value of pi was first calculated by an Indian named Budhayana. He also explained the concept of Pythagorean theory in the 6 th  century, long before the world even though of it. Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus also originated in India. Quadratic equations were first used by Sridharacharaya in the 11 th  century. Also, in the Ve