Ancient India had many different names used to refer to it over time. Tamil Nadu was previously called Navalan Theevu and Kumar Kandam, and was part of a larger land area called Kumari Kandam. Ancient India made significant contributions in fields like mathematics, astronomy, architecture and space research. Important inventions from ancient India include theories of gravity and atomic structure that predated modern scientists. India had a strong education system based on gurukulas and made advances in areas like surgery and navigation. However, many literary works and the famous Nalanda University were destroyed during foreign invasions over the centuries. Modern India continues to produce world-renowned scientists and has ambitious plans to become a fully

2. Ancient
India
Ancient India is called by
many names,
 Aryavrata
 Bharatvarsh
 Jambudvipa
 Nabhivarsha(According
to Bahavath puranam)
 Tianzhu (According to
chineese)
 Hodu (according to
bible)

3. Modern
INDIA
 And for the past 100 years it is
named as INDIA.

4. Tamizh
Nadu
•Do You know how TAMIZH NAADU was called
before 10,000 years???
•NAAVALAN THEEVU.
•KUMARI KANDAM.
• 49 countries were present in this Kumari
landscape.
•Three Tamil Literature Clubs (Tamil Sangams)
happening for 9990 years consecutively.

5. Voyage of TAMIZH
people:
Turtles travel with ocean currents for
miles!!!
Tamil people used turtles to find ocean
currents!!!

6.  There are evidences of
MAHABALIPURAM being a rocket
launching place before 5000
years.
 And also some kind of radioactive
research has been carried out.

7. What do you think???
 Who invented GRAVITY?
 What about Pythagoras
Theorem?
 Who invented Atomic
Theory?
 Who invented Chess

8. Bhaskara II – GRAVITY before
Sir. Issac Newton
Baudhayana – Before Pythagoras
Inventions & Scientist of
ancient INDIA
We were masters in MATHS, ASTROLOGY, ARCHITECTURE,
NAVIGATION, SPACE RESEARCH…

9. Acharya Kanad – Atomic Theory Before
John Dalton
Chathurnaga was invented in 6th century by
gupta kings n INDIA
Inventions of
Ancient of India:

10. Ancient of Indian
doctors:
Before 10000 years we used bow driller
for teeth problems.
This shows that we cooked our food and
we used grinded food.
Bow Drill First TOOL

11. Scientist of MODERN
INDIA:
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Raj Reddy
Missile Man of India A.M. Turing Award-winning computer scientist,
best known for his work related to large scale
artificial intelligence systems

12. C. V. Raman
Physicist who won Nobel Prize in 1930
for his Raman Effect.
S.S. Abhyankar
Mathematician; famous for his
outstanding contributions to
algebraic geometry

13. Jagadish Chandra Bose
Physicist, biologist and archaeologist who
pioneered the investigation of radio and
microwave optics.
G.D.Naidu (Gopalaswamy Doraiswamy
Naidu)
Scientist, Inventor, Businessman,
Photographer and Philanthropist

14. Salim Ali
Naturalist who helped develop
Ornithology; also known as the
“birdman of India”.
Srinivasa Ramanujan
brilliant contributions to
mathematical analysis, number
theory, infinite series and
continued fractions.

15. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
Theoretical physicist, best known as the
chief architect of the Indian atomic
energy program.
Satyendra Nath Bose
Mathematician and physicist;
best known for his collaboration
with Albert Einstein in
formulating a theory related to
the gaslike qualities of
electromagnetic radiation.

16. Har Gobind Khorana
Won Nobel Prize for demonstrating
how the nucleotides in nucleic
acids control the synthesis of
proteins
Meghnad Saha
Astrophysicist who developed the
Saha equation, which explains
chemical and physical conditions in
stars

17. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Astrophysicist won the Nobel Prize for his
research on the evolutionary stages of
massive stars
Birbal Sahni
Paleobotanist known for his
research on the fossils of the
Indian subcontinent

18. Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis
Statistician and physicist who
founded thae Indian Statistical
Institute
Prafulla Chandra Ray
Famous academician and
chemist, known for being the
founder of Bengal Chemicals &
Pharmaceuticals, India’s first
pharmaceutical company.

19. Indian Missiles in 19th
Centuary
Hyder Ali used war heads in his war field
against british.

20. Education of
Ancient India
AncientIndian education system was based on Gurukulas.

21. Indian Sports

22. ALEXANDER AND THE
GREEKS
THE ARAB INVASIONS
THE TURKISH INVASION
THE MAMLUK (SLAVE)
DYNASTY
THE KHILJIS
THE TUGHLAQS
THE SAYYID & LODHI
DYNASTIES
THE BAHAMANIS
THE MUGHALS
THE PORTUGUESE
THE BRITISH EAST INDIA
COMPANY
THE BRITISH RAJ
List of
Invaders
Alexander’s Invasion

23. Main Destructions:
During Khilji’s invasions the famous Nalanda
University was destroyed.
 And some main Literary works was destroyed
during religious rebels.
Kumari Kandam a huge land mass submerged
into sea due to some natural disasters.

24. Harappan
Civilization:
This civilization is older than
Chalcolithic cultures.
It covers a area of 1,299,600
km which is bigger than
present Pakistan, ancient
Egypt and Mesopotamia.
It is distinguished from other
civilization in its architecture.
The towns were built in grid
form every road will be in right
angles.
Ancient
Architecture

25. NALAND
A
Higher learning Institution
established by Gupta Kings in
5th centaury.
World’s first residential
university.
Library was a nine storied
building and contains a vast
volume of books.

26. From the
RUINS:
Nalanda university is being
Reconstructed again as per the idea of
our former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam.
And the classes started from 1/9/2014
with 15 students and 11 teachers.
Dr. Gopa Sabarwal is appointed as the
Vice Chancellor
The complete construction of university
will get completed within 2020.

27. a
Rising INDIA

28. 21st CENTURY
FIRST
INDEPENDENCE
MOVEMENT
INDEPENDENT
INDIA
INDEPENDENT INDIA
DEVELOPED INDIA
FIRST VISION:
SECOND VISION:
1857 1947 1997 2020
19th CENTURY 20th CENTURY
PROSPERITY
DEVELOPED
INDIA
• Economic Growth > 10% GDP
• Near Zero Poverty Level
• Near 100% Literacy
• Self Reliance in Critical Sectors
• Self Sufficiency in Food
• Improved Standard of
Living
India Vision 2020

29. Space research
2009
AryabhatawaslaunchedbyRussia’sSpacevehicle ChandrayanwascarriedbyourownspacevehiclePSLV
1975

30. INDIA’S MOM Mission
We entered into red planet @ low cost than other countries

31. India is the Fourth country to reach Mars
The budget was much less when compared
to other countries.