Creations born in Bhārat

Zero and chess, plastic surgery and shampoo, the Moon mission and the movies — Bhārat has been inventing for 5,000 years. Explore the creations that began on this soil and changed the world.

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ALL Mathematics & Astronomy · 2 Medicine · 2 Games & Play · 2 Everyday Inventions · 2 Textiles · 1 Modern Creations · 2

1 creation in Textiles

Textiles

1 creation

Textiles

Cotton & Calico

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Bhārat was the first civilisation to grow cotton and weave it into cloth — 4,500 years ago in the Indus Valley. calico and muslin of Bhārat became the world's most prized fabrics, and the very words 'calico' and 'cotton' come from places and languages of Bhārat.

c. 2500 BCE — first cotton cultivation

The Indus Valley civilisation

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One land. Endless wonders.

Which story will you explore next? Every card below began on soil of Bhārat.

Aryabhata's Astronomy Ayurveda Buttons Chaturanga — the Original Chess cinema of Bhārat Cotton & Calico ISRO & the Space Programme Moksha Patam — Snakes & Ladders Shampoo (Champu) Sushruta's Surgery The Concept of Zero