India: Crash Course History of Science #4

You might have recognized the names of some of the Greek natural philosophers. They were individuals with quirky theories, and we have records about them. But they weren’t the only people making knowledge back in the day. Today, Hank takes us to India to talk Vedas, Maurya Empires, and some really good doctoring.

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[rishab]

To my fellow Indians - “Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”

[werewolf]

Why didn't I learn anything about India in any history course? History has failed me

[ignitehope]

If the Takshila library wasn't burnt, World would've been a different place.

[drona]

India is the Nicola Tesla of countries!

[Dhruv-ujzo]

This is only 2% of Indian history'

[ichigoapanchal]

looks like British and flat earhters disliked this

[adityamanthri]

Ancient India, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, ancient Egypt and Middle East civilisations!

[GaneshNayak]

Sad that still it's called Arabic numerals. We should start calling it Indian numerals to respect the original creators. Even our own Indian text books call it Arabic numerals. Such is the state of colonial hangover

[benstinshijo]

9:53 Finally i have seen the perfect Indian map on a educational YouTube channel.. Now i can rest in peace..😌

[Freeman-ukxn]

Hindus knew Earth was sphere
Even The Word "Bhugol" is self explanatory
Bhu= Earth /Geography
Gol = Sphere

Then came Flat earth believer ruled India for 1, 000 years
We never took them seriously

Today western saviours going nude for veganism but Indians attained this level of consciousness eons eons eons ago

[mattkuhn]

Aw yeah, my man Panini, grandfather of all Linguistics! Also, thanks Hank for the shout-out to Linguistics as a science!

[Srikar-onib]

The most basic thing of all, the Indians knew that the Earth was round long before the Europeans were debating it.

[zerozzable]

Aryabhata was from Patna (Bihar), Brahmagupta was from Bhinmal (Rajasthan), Bhaskara I was from Bori (Maharashtra), Bhaskara II was from Bijapur (Karnataka), Madhava was from Aloor (Kerala), etc. All of these Mathematicians and Astronomers were from different parts of India, all contributing to India's collective civilizational progress. Let no one (especially the converted ones) try to divide us! "The country (varṣam) that lies north of the ocean and south of the snowy mountains is called Bhāratam; there dwell the descendants of Bharata." -Vishnu Purana (text from 1st millennium BCE).

[camiloiribarren]

Thank you for teaching us how India influenced a lot of science along with the Greeks and Egyptians, Hank. Keep ‘em coming

[upadisetty]

The Indian/Hindu worldview doesn’t start with God. It starts with understanding the nature of the universe and codifying different aspects of the universe with a symbolic object called Deva/Devathas.
The western worldview starts with God, All Powerful All Knowing Entity who is up in the sky has Created the World and Human is his best creation and our duty is to praise him and serve him and abide by the rules he laid and the Rule book is Bible/Quran/Torah.

[paulmathew]

You confined The great Kautilya a.k.a Chanakya to a " wise old advisor"

[bhavyamod]

One of the most important scientific advances in the ancient Indian civilization was in Metallurgy, was hoping for you to include that

[lavishasharma]

Cataract surgery was also invented in ancient India.

[AnkitGupta-srot]

First Indian satellite was named after Aryabhatta..

[hediyehb]

Persians had One ear at the doors of greece the other at India, while Chinese travelled through by the silk road. What a luxury! No wonder we used to do so good. Thanx neighbours. 😊