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Metal
Astronomy
Mathematics
Science and Medicine
Mixed Bag
100
The Indians were.....
Expert Metal Workers
100
What is astronomy?
The Study of Planets and Stars
100
How did ancient indians record their mathematical knowledge?
The wrote the information down in textbooks.
100
Where did they keep their medical knowledge?
In textbooks
100
Were are Indian people native?
India
200
With their knowledge of metal working they were able to make....
High Quality Tool
200
How many planets of the 9 did indian astronomers know about?
7
200
Was their math advanced for their time?
Yes
200
How early were doctors writing their knowledge of medicine?
In the early 100s AD
200
What is the capital of India?
Dehli
300
What did the metal workers make their strongest materials out of?
Iron
300
Did they indian astronomers know the sun was a star?
Yes
300
What was a very important thing that they invented in mathematics?
The number zero
300
In these textbooks what was the information in the textbooks?
Information on medicine and plants and minerals
300
Where is India located?
Southern Asia
400
Who built the iron pillar?
Metal Workers
400
Did indian astronomers know the earth was a sphere?
Yes
400
Who were that ancient indian scholars that invented the math system?
The Gupta Scholars
400
What did indian doctors know to protect people from?
Disease
400
What is one of the things on the border of India?
The Himalayan Mountains
500
What city is the iron pillar located near?
Delhi
500
Indian astronomers could predict what?
Eclipses of the sun and moon
500
What are numerals that the indian scholars inventes?
Hindu-Arabic Numerals
500
How would indian doctors help protect people?
They would inject a small amount of a virus into them to help build their immune system.
500
What is the population of India?
1.17 billion people