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Invention Of Zero

Zero was invented in India by Indian mathematicians dating as early as 5th century. They widely used it in calculations, astronomy and astrology. Zero was spread by Arabians to the Europe and there on it was spread all over. Before this, all Europeans used roman numerical which were difficult to calculate on as they were in the form of Symbols, lengthy and had limits.

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sumaya
that is soooo cool
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sumaya at 04:23PM, Aug 2nd 2008.
sof
This information is false, zero was invented by the mayans. You can search for it in a mexican history book.
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sof at 12:37PM, Aug 4th 2008.
Tomo
The nr. zero was invented independently in India and
by the Maya. In India a decimal system was used, like
ours, but they used an empty space for zero up to 3rd
Century BC. This was confusing for an empty space was
also used to separate numbers, and so they invented
the dot for a zero. The first evidence for the use of
the symbol that we now know as zero stems from the 7th
century AD. The Maya invented the number zero for
their calendars in the 3rd century AD.
The number zero reached European civilisation through
the Arabs after 800 AD. The Greek and Roman did not
need the number zero for they did their calculations
on an abacus. The name 'zero' comes from the arabic
'sifr'.
(Data from the book "the calender" by D. E. Duncan).

Dr. Wassenaar
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Tomo at 08:06PM, Aug 4th 2008.
Christina
the mayans did invent zero. where the hell did this come from??
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Christina at 11:23PM, Aug 11th 2008.
marife almonte
why is zero divided by zero is a mathematical error?
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marife almonte at 04:18AM, Aug 23rd 2008.
nessa
datz wicked!!
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nessa at 10:53PM, Oct 20th 2008.
Jeez
so basically who invented the zero? The Mayans or the Indians???
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Jeez at 02:16AM, Jan 9th 2009.
Emiliano
Mayans discovered zero and indians to.
But they never met each other and when the spanish come to America with indian zero, mayas were already dissapeared.
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Emiliano at 04:58PM, Feb 9th 2009.
john
"...zero was invented by the mayans. You can search for it in a mexican history book."

Priceless. I'm the world's strongest and sexiest man, if you don't believe me, just ask me.
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john at 01:26PM, Mar 18th 2009.
tuttifrutti
you guys rock and so does your website!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love me
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tuttifrutti at 03:26PM, Mar 18th 2009.
jorge
Tommo bravo!!!!!!!
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jorge at 01:11AM, Mar 20th 2009.
Robert
The zero came to the mayans during one of the many trips that the Chinese made to the Americas. This accounts for various surges in technology, customs, or wildlife.
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Robert at 11:23AM, Mar 27th 2009.
badri
Use of Zero is seen in Rig Vedas from India even before 3100 BCE. But formal usage of Zero again started from India from 3AD in mathematical and astronomical calculation
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badri at 12:21AM, Apr 2nd 2009.
Peter Parker
we are a bunch of zeros wasting time here
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Peter Parker at 06:04PM, Apr 8th 2009.
Grim Reaper
Umm. Actually this video is false too. You see, for some reason 21X13 is the only way you can make it work with that method.

Any other numbers, following that method will come out incorrect. I tried myself
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Grim Reaper at 01:10AM, Apr 19th 2009.
ME
India rocks. And India invented zero.
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ME at 09:58AM, Apr 30th 2009.
barry
To answer marife's question, dividing zero by zero only comes up as an error on you calculator but is not actually a mathematical error, it is just undifined which means that it is possible but the result just hasnt been found/proved yet.
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barry at 03:02PM, May 1st 2009.
The dude
Zero as a place holder and used to represent groups of ten was invented in India. That is the zero we know today. Zero that was used to build the Great Pyrimids was a linear starting point in geometry. I argue that Zero has always been around. It's properties have just evolved.
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The dude at 06:11PM, May 6th 2009.
Rapid
Indian's invented ZERO because they were sick of paying high prices... we wanted things for FREE and so we invented ZERO. LOL
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Rapid at 11:40AM, May 8th 2009.
SiDdHaRtH
i just wanted to know that person who invented zero ... saala khud too upar bhag gaya aur hamko zero ke saath chodh gaya ....
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SiDdHaRtH at 09:08AM, May 16th 2009.
joey
Aryabhat is the guys name who invented it...
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joey at 07:25PM, May 25th 2009.
cheetha
Oye! End it. Don't fight for zero, the guy who invented the zero is no more and you are fighting for 'zeeeero'.
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cheetha at 05:08AM, May 27th 2009.
jan
zero in sanskrit 'sunya' was know long before Christ. in fact in was already known at the time of Buddha, i.e. appr. 600 bce. Check your facts before you post them :)
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jan at 02:50AM, Jun 1st 2009.
chahat
bilcool wahyaad hai intead regular method is ok . please dont give such stuptd suggessions.if 1 will try this method he will b failed
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chahat at 11:34AM, Jun 2nd 2009.
Rahul
Indians and only indians invented the zero & no one else. These mayans just got it from indian vedas.
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Rahul at 12:52AM, Jun 7th 2009.
jack
marife almonte wrote: #
why is zero divided by zero is a mathematical error?


anything divided by zero would be displayed as a mathematical error on a calculator because the answer is infinity.

grim reaper you must be doing it wrong. this method works im sure. i tried it..
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jack at 08:36AM, Jun 11th 2009.
taja
cool
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taja at 10:00AM, Jun 12th 2009.
taja
this is the coolest thing ever if it wasn't for them we would not have a zero and it would be 1 - 9 not 1 - 10
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taja at 10:08AM, Jun 12th 2009.
faisal
Sun is the symbol of zero, Moon is the symbol of zero, so leave this zero and look to this natural zero which will give u the right way of religion.That is ONLY ALLAH.
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faisal at 01:59AM, Jun 17th 2009.
Interesting Facts
OOoo praise the Lord.
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Interesting Facts at 10:33AM, Jun 17th 2009.
Skatha
Zero was invented by Indians.. its hard for people to digest but thn its okey!

Some people will not accept the fact just the way they will argue about the mythologies.

They will never accept Indian mythology is the oldest... about 5000Bc on the timeline and will keep on arguing "no no it was egyptian no its greek no our Christian is the oldest..."

but.. watevaaaaaa!
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Skatha at 06:07AM, Jun 22nd 2009.
yashvita
o is always zero.o.o.o.o.oo.
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yashvita at 11:41AM, Jun 22nd 2009.
Your Wrong!
Where the hell did you guys come from???
The Indian mathematician AryaBhatta invented the digit zero! And I agree with Skatha! You get your facts right!!! so Hahaha! you fo check out any Indian history book!!!!!!!!!!!
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Your Wrong! at 01:43AM, Jun 24th 2009.
Interesting Facts
I think this fact is just going berserk into endless fusion. We might even close the commenting of this fact. Again let me help you by quoting Dr. Wassenaar:


The nr. zero was invented
independently in India and by the
Maya. In India a decimal system was
used, like ours, but they used an
empty space for zero up to 3rd Century
BC. This was confusing for an empty
space was also used to separate
numbers, and so they invented the dot
for a zero. The first evidence for the
use of the symbol that we now know as
zero stems from the 7th century AD.
The Maya invented the number zero for
their calendars in the 3rd century AD.
The number zero reached European
civilisation through the Arabs after
800 AD. The Greek and Roman did not
need the number zero for they did
their calculations on an abacus. The
name 'zero' comes from the arabic
'sifr'. (Data from the book "the
calender" by D. E. Duncan).
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Interesting Facts at 06:42AM, Jun 24th 2009.
Goodman
Hi, everybody.
What about chinese? What method did they used in their culture 2000 years BC?
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Goodman at 01:40AM, Jul 9th 2009.
pankaj
i have confirm that zero is invented by ARYABHAT from India.if anyone have any problem regarding zero please contact me.i have all the evidence.
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pankaj at 08:00AM, Jul 14th 2009.
Kochi
Yow, yaravathu sollungalen, zero-va yaarthan kandupidichathu?????.....
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Kochi at 02:25AM, Jul 19th 2009.
jobin martin
I enjoyed reading the comments. It felt like a quarrelsome story!
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jobin martin at 07:15AM, Jul 19th 2009.
Afghanistan Bananaman
Zero could have developed in two places at the same time. Look around the world at foods. Tortillas exist everywhere under all sorts of different names. Jelly rolls too. The Russians claim to have invested the telephone at the same time as Alexander Bell, and someone else calims to have flown in an airplane before Orville and Wilbur Wright. Human developement happens. It is harder to explain in modern times because we are so high tech.
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Afghanistan Bananaman at 08:04AM, Jul 24th 2009.
Prees
woooooooooooow. Awesome.
I am Mayan and damn well proud!
Oh n i agree w Afghanistan Bananaman :D
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Prees at 03:51PM, Jul 31st 2009.
Duke
Thats neat!
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Duke at 03:18AM, Aug 22nd 2009.
avin
but who invented numbers one to nine???
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avin at 01:57AM, Aug 31st 2009.
ruchira
why don't shopkeepers understand the value of zero? everything is so costly and downmarket!

   i can't believe so many people r reading me on internet!!!
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ruchira at 12:09PM, Sep 21st 2009.
Krishna Da Kat
This sounds like more of a nationalistic debate than a scientific one. Both parties claim with certainty that their side invented it. "Check your history books" is a very weak argument. The fact is there's no way any of you know. I always heard it was the Mayans (Through reading it) then I heard it was the Indians (on the History channel)I imagine many of you got your information from similiar sources. I for one can't possibly claim to know.
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Krishna Da Kat at 01:44PM, Sep 21st 2009.
Mario
The Maya were the very first to use the zero. There calendar began in 3113bce, using zero as their launching point, unlike our calendar starting at one. The calendar began when humanity had developed writing from symbols, thus the word of God, creating.

In India, Maya means illusion and all there is in the physical world, thus the Maya were the first to reaLIZE MANY THINGS ABOUT SCIENCE. Their calendar was more accurate than any other civilization, including India's. Don't be upset, these are only the facts.
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Mario at 11:50PM, Sep 23rd 2009.
Dineshk
The zero was invented India, by "Aryabhata". You can check History books to rectify your doubts.
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Dineshk at 09:52PM, Oct 6th 2009.
syam
Hi all
Please avoid using 'Invent zero'
it was there all the time.
so I request to change that to 'Discovery'

Thanks
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syam at 05:59AM, Oct 13th 2009.
loren
hi,
it woks as long as you have not got a zero in the question when you have a zero in it, it does not work :( xx
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loren at 04:57PM, Oct 18th 2009.
Pal
this is real crap u ppl dnt knw abt India its the land of virtue......do u all knw tht in NASA there is 33% INdians? why? just thinkfirst thn comment like this....Zero is of course invented in India and the person name is Aryabhatt....
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Pal at 03:03PM, Oct 26th 2009.
danish


India is the real inventer of zero. so east or west India is best


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danish at 05:38PM, Nov 1st 2009.
Interesting Facts
Every country is great in its own way. There are no greatest countries. There are only good or bad individuals.
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Interesting Facts at 10:19AM, Nov 2nd 2009.
MEEE
sof wrote: #
This information is false, zero was invented by the mayans. You can search for it in a mexican history book.




No, you're both right. It is not certain whether the zero originated in Mexico or in India, but it must have been around the same time.
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MEEE at 07:06PM, Nov 2nd 2009.
Afghanistan_Bananaman
In answering the question about the origin of numbers 1-9 &(10). This must be related to the human body and the number of fingers on each hand. If we had 12 fingers, a system would have been invented that made perfect sense. With fingers and food being universal, it is easy to see development happening at the same time in different parts of the world.
Nobody is fighting for bragging rights to the tortilla,dal or flan. It is mutually agreed that they just happened to be made out of what materials were available in the region. I agree with the statement that zero was not invented, but discovered. It was always there.
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Afghanistan_Bananaman at 10:50PM, Nov 17th 2009.
ashish
Indians have always been talented..indians have invented zero(in bramhagupta) and not mayans, they are so stupid ...now they are saying that mayan calender will finish in 21st dec 2012 so world will finish...its just a calender guys there will be new one ...its so stupid JAI HO INDIANS

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ashish at 10:09AM, Nov 22nd 2009.
Mario
This website must be from an Indian from India. Boy, one even has to reaffirm the name Indian now as to which place of origin, east or west. It's like playing Cowboys and New Delhians!

Anyway, this argument is a waste of time, amounting to a collapse of the uses of zero in real terms and not just in the concept of numbers. We see zero everywhere; yet are blinded by everything standing here and there. Great Spirit with heart is what we need to lead, not some reincarnate irate. If you all want bragging rights, go ahead, but just remember, ego is illusion!

It is quite coincidental though that the Maya calendar, which some of you claim is stupid, is in fact the most accurate calendar from the ancient world. It incidentally began in 3113 bce. Zero was definitely part of the dynamics of its origins. Peace, love and bliss!
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Mario at 12:43PM, Nov 24th 2009.
annie
really confusing
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annie at 07:03AM, Nov 27th 2009.
Mario
Be not confused, nor rused. Great calendars equal great mathematics, which equal great observations.
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Mario at 03:41PM, Nov 27th 2009.
kiran
from where did these mayans come from?
ZERO was invented in India and many of the greatest mathematicians like Issac newton..... accepted that and these mayans cant digest it.......
i think mayans don't know that even their language was also derive from indian language SANSKRIT. INDIA is the greatest country who thought the world how to count...
These mayans don't know that the first rocket was invented by INDIAN king and britishers robbed, steeled that technology to their country and with reverse engineering they came to know the technology in the rocket and build their own.......
"THE LEGEND WHO INVENTED ZERO IS ARYABHATTA"
all these mayans and mexican history book are trash.......... and please don't ever expose others achievements as yours
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kiran at 12:34PM, Dec 4th 2009.
kiran
the above comment was posted my me in that i forgot to give the name of king who invented the rocket for the first time which was copied by britishers................
HE IS "TIPPU SULTHAN"
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kiran at 12:51PM, Dec 4th 2009.
Mario
Oh well, the debate just got stupid, including the misspelling of words by the great Indian debater, kiran. The world I suppose according to kiran and others was probably created by India. I am not who I think I am because I am not Indian, so I am a complete moron, since I am part Maya. Without the Indians, according to kiran, the Maya are nothing. Wow, and they created the first rocket, coming from a supposedly spiritual place, for the use in war. They created everything. We must all be completely stupid compared with them. They are the best at everything, is that right Kiran; except in making their Bollywood movies, of course. Can I wish everyone Peace, or would that be considered stealing from India as well? Who knows, peace as a concept probably came form them too??? Can I touch you to see if you are real? May Maya heal your thirst for the illusion of who is best!
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Mario at 09:03PM, Dec 5th 2009.
elston
hey i also stay in india and i known this indians always think that they are the most intelligent most powerful but in reality they are the best fools in the whole world unfortunately i was born and brought up in india by the way they dont know that they were been ruled by europeans but they have still proud on their waste country ,good for nothing i would like to ask kiran how many famous people are born in india.
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elston at 03:54AM, Dec 6th 2009.
Afghanistan_Bananaman
There must be a name for something that exists, but is yet to be discovered. As I travel the world I am always looking at similarities. I mentioned it previously in another posting. As an amateur culinary anthropologist, how is it that a type of tortilla exists everywhere on this planet? Picante sauce? Jelly? beds? coat hangers?
These items were in place at all locations way before Marco Polo or any of the spice route travellers pollinated the earth with "new ideas".
I am proposing that zero was always there. That it would have been developed as each civilization developed.
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Afghanistan_Bananaman at 04:18AM, Dec 6th 2009.
Mario
Good point Afghan Banan. Since around 3100 bce things have been developing all over, like writing, mathematics, calendars, astronomy, pyramids, etc.

I'm sure India is a great country, just like the rest of our world. They were colonized, and Ghandi helped make things right, and so did the Eastern European, Mother Theresa.

God Bless.
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Mario at 10:30PM, Dec 6th 2009.
charles the great mathematician
your statement is absolutely wrong..
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charles the great mathematician at 11:21PM, Dec 13th 2009.
charles
Indians oonly invented zero. In ancient india tahe term used to describe sero included Pujyam, Shunyam, Bindu or Sifr and shubra... these are the terms also in sanskrit.. so indians only invent zero
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charles at 11:33PM, Dec 13th 2009.
Mario
Are you indian? Were you there? Did you see and validate first hand? Since India is all about reincarnation, perhaps you were? Zero (not the word) started out concurrently, in two phases: As a product of the indescribable, from an abstract knowing of eternity, or to simply mean nothing, eventually was formulated philosophically. Mathematically, it evolved to alleviate the buildup of numbers on a tablet. Together they work wonderfully. Who would have guessed that a zero added to a two would mean twenty? Put twenty objects in a room and you have twenty objects sans the zero. If you want to put one hundred objects in the room, it becomes overly crowded, so a zero comes in quite handily... but truly truly, the room is the zero, if you can conceptualize that? Are you going to tell me that "Indians oonly invented zero" with that kind of a problem probably hitting every accountants desk since day one? I highly doubt it. Even in Europe where they say, they had no such concept till they ripped it off from Arabia, they must have had something stirring to represent the dilemma, only they were in too much bloody conflict, and probably lost it. Their concept may have ended up in India for all you know, where it was expounded on, then later returned to Europe, where it eventually evolved, yet again. Obviously zero is still evolving, just like everything; probably coming back to its original design. The modern day word zero may have originated from sphr, or so; and even what we use today to represent zero, as a circle, may have come from someplace in India, but the original concept as both a placeholder and number, represented by a symbol, came first to the Maya/Olmec, as far as we know. They used a shell, which is an empty place that can either remain empty, or be filled, and they used it quite remarkably in their sciences. There is not one ancient Indian Calendar as precise as the Maya calendar, which baffles scientists to this day. Were they related to India? Who knows? The calendar is the greatest practical construct besides clothes and tools for food, because it brings unity to a people when they are scattered, based upon positions of heavenly and earthly bodies. Use common sense and you will understand the world. G*D and zero are quite related. I say G*D and zero are one!
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Mario at 02:42PM, Dec 15th 2009.
aman
abe jo bhi ho hame kya lena
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aman at 01:28AM, Dec 27th 2009.
aman
nahibe mario tu tha waha pe tera baap hi to 0 zero invent kiya hai
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aman at 01:32AM, Dec 27th 2009.
sahithya
A enjoying comments from all and informative too.......
carry on your research friends...
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sahithya at 10:02AM, Jan 4th 2010.
kiran
Sorry for the misspelt words Mr.mario...... and im sorry to say this mario, elston, charles, you people have to know something about the GREAT INDIA. you people should know that the world's famous language english was derived from SANSKRIT which is also called as deva lipi. About the invention of rocket Mr.mario you better go to NASA and see the picture of TIPPU SULTHAN the pic shows that TIPPU SULTHAN invented the first rocket. And elston said that we are ruled by europeans it is right but it was happened because europeans came to INDIA for their livelyhood and as they were cunning they made us their slaves and because of our helping nature we faced many problems. And once check in wikipedia about greatest kings of INDIA they are KARNA, sibhichakravarthi and karna was given a title that is DHAANA VEERA SURA KARNA. ok even mayans invented many things i accept it because you have proofs to show them. Our ancient kings use to roam in choppers as they invented them before the world but we dont have proofs. they had invented the planes with the help of a book named "VIMANA SASHTRA". ANd elston asked me about the famous people in INDIA i dont think that even 1TB of your hard disk is not sufficient for the list. And Mr.Elston you have no rigth to comment about r country. you are not suppose to say that India is a good for nothing........ how do u know that. we indians constitute 1/3 of world's population.
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kiran at 10:03AM, Jan 4th 2010.
Mario
I am sure India is a great country. I never said it wasn't, but so is every other country in so many different ways. Let's be friends and discover each of our good things in common. I am sure there are a lot of them. The greatest thing in all human language and experience is LOVE; that we can not disagree about. I will chose to LOVE all, so I can be a rich person inside. Thank you for the information, I will look into it further. The Europeans (I am half) cme and took the land from the Natives(I am half as well) of the Americas, too. We can only love them and try to get along. The great Native Chiefs said the Europeans were our lost brothers and sisters who would eventually find their way back to the fold of being human. They have come a long way since, and will continue to do so even if they have to put us all through another great catastrophic world war. In the aftermath, we will see what happens next.

There is good and bad in all countries. Hopefully India and Pakistan won't fight against each other, as so many go after the capitalistic venture. Perhaps India and Pakistan will become good neighbors. God bless to everyone! I do enjoy Indian food when I can find a good restaurant. Peace!
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Mario at 03:42AM, Jan 5th 2010.
anushree talnikar
gr8 dude!
i am proud 2 be an indian!
cause we d ones introducing zero!
cool na!
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anushree talnikar at 09:57AM, Jan 9th 2010.
anushree talnikar
hey mario!
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anushree talnikar at 09:58AM, Jan 9th 2010.
Mario
Did you know what the Natives of the Americas gave to our world? The peanut, squash, pumpkins, tomatoes, potatoes, chocolate, cocaine, aspirin (from the willow), avocados, corn, rubber, almost every bean, except for a few like the lentil. They gave sweet potatoes, zucchinis, chili peppers and tequila! Without these foods, our major world culinaries would be bland. with out rubber, there could be no modern transportation, etc. We all have much to share, and have been doing so for many, many years. For this I am grateful!
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Mario at 04:15AM, Jan 11th 2010.
Ankit verma
sof wrote: #
This information is false, zero was invented by the mayans. You can search for it in a mexican history book.


well sir i would lk to tell u
zero was indeed invented by indians....an indian astronomer n mathematics Arayabatta.....it can be found in vedas..the scientific knowledge of indian scripts......
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Ankit verma at 07:42PM, Jan 14th 2010.
myself
Oh well, year 2012 will tell how correct Mayans were !!
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myself at 06:33AM, Jan 23rd 2010.
Mario
We are already going through a major world wide change. This cannot be denied. We are headed for greatness. We are under construction!!! Zero is the number we are aiming towards on the great mayan calendar clock. New Orleans, Haiti, Sumatra, hurricane, earthquake, tsunami. Wars adding up. Conflicts everywhere. Terror. Hopefully this new Solar maximum will not destroy our satellite grid. It has just recently begun and already Haiti has fallen. Perhaps there isn't a correlation, but who knows. The sun spot was directly facing Haiti, in a near exact pattern shaped like the Islands with the exact center part of the spot exactly (had it been a map) where Port Au Prince was when the quake struck. Simultaneously, a solar hole was releasing great amounts of particles our way from somewhere near the bottom, facing us, as noted by the spectacular Auroras at that time. Yes, it sounds fantastic, but who knows? Our sun is responsible for all of life as we know it, including nearly everything else in our system.

One only has to watch Nancy Grace on CNN to see what monstrosities are happening as a phenom in various parts of our country. Internationally, we had terror in Mumbai, terror in Israel, Somalia, Kenya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Mexico, U.S.A., Central and South America, China, Europe, Korea, Philippeans, etc. Global warming, global economic meltdowns, etc. I hope we make it passed 2012. I hope we stop the madness soon!!!
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Mario at 02:29AM, Jan 26th 2010.
jamaine
hey this site is boring as hell and who made this website but good information
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jamaine at 01:31PM, Feb 19th 2010.
Md. Rabbiul Hasan
Aryabhatta (476-550 A.D.) was born in Patliputra in Magadha, modern Patna in Bihar. Many are of the view that he was born in the south of India especially Kerala and lived in Magadha at the time of the Gupta rulers; time which is known as the golden age of India. There is no evidence that he was born outside Patliputra and traveled to Magadha, the centre of education and learning for his studies where he even set up a coaching centre. His first name "Arya" is hardly a south Indian name while "Bhatt" (or Bhatta) is a typical north Indian name even found today specially among the "Bania" (or trader) community.

Whatever this origin, it cannot be argued that he lived in Patliputra where he wrote his famous treatise the "Aryabhatta-siddhanta" but more famously the "Aryabhatiya", the only work to have survived. It contains mathematical and astronomical theories that have been revealed to be quite accurate in modern mathematics. For instance he wrote that if 4 is added to 100 and then multiplied by 8 then added to 62,000 then divided by 20,000 the answer will be equal to the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand. This calculates to 3.1416 close to the actual value Pi (3.14159). But his greatest contribution has to be zero. His other works include algebra, arithmetic, trigonometry, quadratic equations and the sine table.

He already knew that the earth spins on its axis, the earth moves round the sun and the moon rotates round the earth. He talks about the position of the planets in relation to its movement around the sun. He refers to the light of the planets and the moon as reflection from the sun. He goes as far as to explain the eclipse of the moon and the sun, day and night, the contours of the earth, the length of the year exactly as 365 days.
He even computed the circumference of the earth as 24835 miles which is close to modern day calculation of 24900 miles.

This remarkable man was a genius and continues to baffle many mathematicians of today. His works was then later adopted by the Greeks and then the Arabs.
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Md. Rabbiul Hasan at 01:11AM, Feb 20th 2010.
myself
just waiting to see mayan forecast about 21 dec 2012... after which the world wouldn't be any more
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myself at 05:07AM, Feb 20th 2010.
Mario
What Mayan forecast do you speak of by the way? We are a world, with or without a forecast, in crisis! For some reason the Maya calendar ends on this date in 2012. The significance is mainly due to certain celestial events which will happen to occur on or around that time. That date is highly significant in many astrologer's predictions, as well. Some people go as far as saying we will be bombarded with a cosmic energy which will eminate from our galactic core. When this energy arrives, we will be changed. Others are insisting that the Maya predicted that our present age, or world will end in earthquakes, mudslides, and volcanoes. Still others say, all of man's (and women's) accumulated knowledge will come to a head, possibly creating a scenario whereby we may know more than is for our own good, thus tipping the balance toward destruction. Most of these things are only predictions, nothing more. The proof will be in the pudding, as they say. We will see. In the meantime, we can all pitch in to save our planet now, before anything plays out. What of global warming, is it a hoax? What of our unpredictable Sun, do we even know for sure what this variable star has in store for us on a daily basis? Do we know what effects helios has on earth which may contribute to more than just warmth, and other such needs. what if our sun is responsible for far more than what we know? Mostly likely is.

Ghandi was a man who brought peace to the world of the Indian first, and then to the others. He brought more than zero fortunately for the masses who needed more than mere calculations. They needed a plan to be rid of the suppressors of their culture. Through his position of non violence, and fortitude of the right of the Indian in his/her own homeland, he was able to form a human chain to freedom!

Pakal was an equally wonderful person. He became king when he was only twelve. he was a master in astronomy, arts and sciences of his time. The accuracy of the Maya calculation for a year is without a doubt of great significance. No other ancient people were able to achieve such aclaim with regards to utter accuracy as the Maya in this calculation. Their calendar is much more accurate than our modern day one. Their predictions for eclipses are unparalled, as is their understanding of the cycles of Venus, etc. More and more is being studied about them as time goes by. This is very important work because unlike what happened in India, many of the Maya were destroyed through diseases brought from Europe, etc. The European wanted their land, and not just as a colony. They knocked everything down and supposedly burned all the books! Although, I suspect many of the books were actually secretly taken and hidden, perhaps by the Vatican, etc., to be studied. It is no wonder the age of enlightenment, industrial revolution, and the expansion and growth of major populations was achievable. With the abundance of new foods of high nutritional value such as potatoes, corn, peanuts, beans, avocados, chili peppers, chocolate, squash, etc., with the abundance of all natural resources, with the rubber for tires, with cache of many new medicines, and gold and silver, these conquerers went wild at their new prospects. From living in fuedalistic societies, they now were able to settle down as true citizens of their world. Unfortunately for the Natives, they were displaced by horrors worse than the holocaust. Their story is of the worst genocide in the history of the world. But now, we are all integrated in the modern world. Thank God and all powers for that. May we all be at peace!!!
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Mario at 02:42PM, Feb 20th 2010.
Mario
One very interesting note: Gandhi (misspelled above) influenced many American Equal Rights' activists such as Cesar Chavez, who helped found the United Farm Workers' Union. Because of Cesar's approach of peaceful rallying and marches, people all over the country were more receptive to the cause of the farm worker. From humility, non violence, and the belief in the God given measure to have equal rights, theirs was one of many victories. Mexico had lost much of her land to the USA. Her people were caught in both places at the same time in a struggle of determination and the will to advance beyond the turmoil of such loss. Mexico had just gained her independence from Spain, then France tried to conquer her next,... forty five years, or so later, the USA with her Manifest Destiny came along and took her most northern lands. The Mexican laborer/ranchero/vaquero has been a part of the landscape since the beginning. They have been tending to the fields since then. They have also been the maids, the janitors, the construction workers, the restaurant help for many generations in the southwest, and elsewhere. They are essential to our common goal of growth. Cesar Chavez helped in a very big way to define their role, and especially to peacefully fight for their rights in this ever changing country called, The United States Of America! Pacal (misspelled in previous post), along with Gandhi, also influenced Cesar, as did the great Maya stories of Gods and Kings, and heroes! Since the USA was and still is the bread basket of our world, one can understand how important Cesar's work truly was, and still is! Amen to that!
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Mario at 03:42PM, Feb 20th 2010.
Praveen
Mario and others,

Please check below when you get a chance.. This video talks about both Mayan's and Indian's number system..

http://www.ehow.com/video_4754357_who-invented-number-zero.html

Thank you
Praveen
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Praveen at 09:44PM, Mar 4th 2010.
Mario
The word zero originated from French. The concept originated with the Maya. The Indians (India) happened to come up with what the Maya knew oh so long before. Since Europe had been hit with an ignorant spell, they indeed borrowed much from the Arabs, who in turn borrowed from India and China and Babylon. Yes, the Arabs brought the concept and design to Europe and vise versa (not a one way street),... but the Maya had their own concept and symbol long before anyone else had rationalized its potential.

The guy in the video is only talking about our common usage of numbers and where and how they were handed down. The system for tens is not unlike the system for twenties. Some say the twenties system is better. Just because Europe has been counting with tens doesn't mean that zero (the concept) was created by the Indians first. Just because we call a shirt a shirt doesn't mean that whoever invented the word is the creator of the design. Shirt being an English word, would mean the English originated the shirt. We know this not to be true, because shirts have been around longer than England has been England. So who did invent the shirt? If English shirts become the most popular, we may be tempted to think they did invent them. Same goes for the zero... just because the common usage is from a certain area, doesn't mean the design came from there first.

How was that?
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Mario at 01:26AM, Mar 5th 2010.
Mario
Oh and by the way, unlike the one guy named Aryabhatta, the whole Maya people had this symbol/concept firmly implanted within their society. The shell symbol shows up in many, many places meaning it was in wide and common use all over ancient Mexico. The first mention is from a stelae dating to 36 bce, although this will probably change, as more sites are being found every day. Literally thousands of sites are everywhere throughout the region just waiting to be discovered. Who knows if the date will be pushed back much much further, or if it already has been?

Arybhatta, being one person, proposed this idea to the India(n) people, who did not completely grasp its meaning, as a whole society, until much later. Absolutely, he was a great genius!

The Maya as a whole society had this idea/concept/symbol firmly implanted in their entire society by at least 36 bce.
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Mario at 01:45AM, Mar 5th 2010.
myself
Mario, its not that simple. Every one claims that he or his xyz invented something if the invented thing is of remote past.

If you watch hollywood movies, there is a movie called "event horizon" which portrays a journey to event horizon ( boundary between blackhole and this world)and what happens there. Now, Consider this case: this world gets devastated completely in 2012 ( as per MAYAN prediction) and a complete new civilization of human (or any other animal) comes into being. they develop in due course of time and discover this movie. If they see movie, what would they think? that humans have been to event horizon??

there are several other examples of Indians doing some discovery before westerners did but the name goes to Westerner guy. maybe this happened with other nationalities as well. The attitude of western countries is bad. they are just like a robber who can not see the wealth or money in possession of someone else.

It is just the recent past , about 500years, that America and western countries flourishing. Before that ? if you dig deep in history, before Britishers came to India, India had 25% of the wealth of the world, when Britishers left India, India was having 4% of the wealth of the world. Its another example of the robbery by the west.

I am not trying to conclude about zero as its a debatable issue in absence of unbiased recorded history. again, I am using the unbiased, because there are several instances in which History of India has been presented by westerners after distortion.

Much of the antipathy towards Indians stems from, in my opinion, the fact that 'religion' of (majority of) indians is Hinduism. The muslims and christians came in hordes to india to rob and convert the religion of indians, but they could not succeed. this defeat in the past, not being able to convert, must be pinching them. But they have to learn to live with it as Indians have adapted to so many things.
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myself at 10:12AM, Mar 5th 2010.
Mario
Yes I understand. Still though, credit goes to your country for many things, as told and written by westerners in their history books and so on. I understand that the zero that is currently used is that which was handed down from that side of the world. All I am saying is that the Maya had their own thing happening, and that they had a (zero) symbol with all the meanings and applications. They were also subjected to invasion by Europe (Spain, France and then the USA, once established by the British colonists of northern America). The Spanish burned many Maya books, supposedly. I believe many of the books were actually hidden, but no one is saying a word. The Vatican probably has those books hidden in the catacombs underneath St. Peters. Who really knows what was learned from the Maya? The age of enlightenment, industrial revolution and major food cuisines were all possible once America was so-called discovered. Without the help of the Native American, our USA would not be here today.

May many blessings be upon your people and to all people of the world!!! :)
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Mario at 02:42PM, Mar 5th 2010.

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