India's proud heritage

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Re: India’s proud heritage

@Med911

One thing is a fact as far as ancient Indian medical procedures go. Indians invented nose reconstruction surgery which is essentially the same method used today. They would cut a nose shaped flap from the forehead just above the nose, then twist it over and pull it down to form a new nose. It was used in cases where people were mutilated in order to shame them for whatever reason. It was accredited to ancient Indian surgeon Sushruta, a practioner of Ayurveda. Give credit where its due.

Modi is full of you know what, but ancient indians were rather knowledgable.

That’s cool you know about Sushruta. Heard a lot about him as well. Obviously some of this is exaggerated and mixed with religious mythology as some religious people are prone to doing. Despite conditions of countries today nothing wrong with being proud of worthwhile things of the past. Like the architectural wonder of the Indus Valley, Mohenjodaro and Harappa civilisations and Taxila in Pakistan as well as the most famous Sanskrit grammarian Panini who originated from what is known as Pakistan today. They say Sanskrit influenced European languages quite a lot.

Similarly nothing wrong with acknowledging achievements of past such as discovering number 0, ancient medical knowledge, carburised steel, the number system/mathematics, yoga, astronomy,Sanskrit, metallurgy,engineering, agriculture, diamonds etc.
A lot of this also occurred in areas known as Pakistan today.

Fifteen Indian Inventions and Discoveries That Shaped the Modern World - Part 1*|*Abhaey Singh

15 Indian Inventions & Discoveries That Shaped the Modern World - Part 2*|*Abhaey Singh

Country Spotlight-India: Ancient India and it’s Contributions to the World - International Student Voice Magazine

It’s easy to forget all this when we think of our respective countries condition today. But it takes time for change to occur especially countries which have been colonised for 200 odd years. It is only about 70 years post independence. So it will take time for both countries to reach that level again on world stage. Psychologically, knowing this can also help a nation’s mindset when they have been under colonial rule such as with british raj for a long period of time.