Contributions of Hinduism🔗

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01 Spirituality

A Comprehensive Science of Enlightenment: Hinduism as revealed in the Vedas and Agamas offers mankind a perfected science for attaining the state, space, being, powers, consciousness of Paramashiva, the Adi Guru of humanity. The open architecture framework of Hinduism reveals the core truths of the self, universe, and divine. It empowers every individual to have the freedom to customize their own personalized God, personalized lifestyle, and personalized spiritual practice as per their needs and disposition.

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02 Economics

Material abundance without exploitation: Hindu economic policy resulted in India becoming the world's wealthiest country. Prior to British rule, India represented a whopping 25% of global GDP. If we include civilizations that emulated Hindu economic policy, the number jumps to 60%.

Material abundance was the lifestyle of all Hindus and fundamental needs such as food, education, and healthcare were offered to all citizens free of charge as a basic right.

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03 Governance

The roots of modern democracy: Hinduism established a decentralized, republican system of governance that emphasized democratic principles and self-rule at the local village level.

Those at the governance layer were held accountable to a Constitution, a code of universal principles of human rights and proper governance as aligned to Dharma Shastras.

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Ancient precursor to computer science: Hindu philosophers were the first to discover the binary number system, algorithms and the Nyaya system of logic which was a major influence on George Boole and Charles Babbage, the founders of modern computer science.

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The most comprehensive indigenous system of medicine: Hinduism is responsible for the world's first holistic plant-based system of medicine, Ayurveda.

Ancient Hindu civilization also had a detailed knowledge of anatomy, embryology, digestion, metabolism, physiology, genetics, immunity, anesthesia, and cosmetic surgery.

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Preparing the human body for enlightenment: Yoga is a comprehensive system of physical, mental and spiritual practices designed to give human beings a superconscious breakthrough. Practices like asanas, pranayama, japa and dharana tune the body to the space of Oneness, or union with Paramashiva.

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Basic to Advanced Mathematics: Hindu civilization innovated the modern numeral and decimal system, the concept of zero, arithmetic, trigonometry, algebra, combinatorics, the basic elements of calculus and accurately calculated the value of Pi.

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Breakthrough discoveries millennia before Newton: Hindu philosophers conceived of the atom, the laws of motion, and quantum superposition thousands of years ago in addition to accurately calculating the speed of light.

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A deep understanding of the cosmos: Hindu civilization developed an elaborate understanding of astronomy, including a heliocentric model for the solar system millennia before Galileo. It also developed a theory of gravity, accurately calculated the Earth's orbit around the Sun and created precise star/planet charts thousands of years before European astronomers.

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10 Architecture

Monuments that stood the test of time: Hindu civilization built elaborate, highly durable structures that exhibit fractal geometry, well-planned cities with complex drainage systems, and huge rock-cut temples carved from a single stone.

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11 Art

The perfect harmony of form and substance: Hindu culture recognized 64 traditional arts including dance, painting, singing, instrumental music, sculpture and many other forms of expression. Each art form embodied aesthetic beauty while conveying deep spiritual truths and motifs.

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The world's oldest yet most complex language: Sanskrit has a vast vocabulary and adaptable grammar, so that words can express any nuance of an idea. Sanskrit possesses technical and philosophical terms unknown in any other language.

Modern Indian scholars of Sanskrit note that many of the new concepts of nuclear physics or modern psychology are easy for them to grasp, since they correspond directly to familiar notions of Sanskrit terminology

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A storehouse of knowledge and culture: Hindu literature consists of innumerable rich and diverse textual sources that cover all facets of the human condition, including the world's longest and oldest works of epic poetry - the Mahabharata and Ramayana.

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