Curated category
Indian inventions
- SitarThe word sitar derives from the Persian term tar, meaning string. Persians named their lutes by combining this root with numbers indicating string counts.
- Spinning wheelAn image painted in Baghdad during the year 1237 shows a spinning wheel with clear mechanical detail. This artwork by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti stands as…
- StupaArchaeologists in India have observed that a number of early Buddhist stupas or burials are found in the vicinity of much older, pre-historic burials.
- PehlwaniThe word pehlwani derives from the Persian term pahlavani, meaning heroic or warrior. In India, this title refers specifically to a wrestler.
- Indian classical musicThe Samaveda, a sacred Hindu text from around 1000 BCE, organizes hymns into musical meters and ritual aims. Embedded codes of swaras appear above or within…
- 0Adding zero to any number leaves that number unchanged. This property makes zero the additive identity of integers, rational numbers, real numbers, and…