KNOW OUR NATION (its purely about INDIA )

  ^ RIG VEDAS , A HYMN ADDRESSED TO THE SUN, REFERS QUITE CLEARLY THAT THE SUN TRAVERSES 2202 YOJANAS (1 YOJANA = 8-10 MILES)IN HALF A NIMISHA.THIS IS IN FACT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

^ THE WORLD'S FIRST GRANITE TEMPLE IS THE BRIHADEESWARA TEMPLE AT TANJAVUR     IN TAMILNADU,INDIA.                                         
      
THE SHIKARA IS MADE FROM A SINGLE '80- TONNE' PIECE OF GRANITE.

^ THE WORLD FAMOUS AND PRICELESS "KOHINOOR" DIAMOND,WHICH IS SET IN THE CROWN OF THE BRITISH MONARCH
(QUEEN VICTORIA, AND ELIZABETH

2),WAS ACQUIRED FROM INDIA.

^ ACCORDING TO THE GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA, UP UNTIL 1896,INDIA WAS THE ONLY SOURCE FOR DIAMONDS TO THE WORLD.

^ CHESS (SHATARANJA OR ASHTAPADA) WAS REPORTEDLY INVENTED IN INDIA.

^ THE GAME OF SNAKES AND LADDERS WAS CREATED BY THE 13TH

CENTURY POET SAINT GYANDEV. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED 'MOKSHAPAT'.THE LADDERS IN THE GAME REPRESENTED VIRTUES AND THE SNAKES INDICATED VICES.