INDIA has given
to mankind:
One of the oldest medical systems, which was founded about 5000 years ago. Abstinence in everything, pure thoughts, vegetarianism, harmony with nature, practicing yoga - this is approximately how one should live according to Ayurveda. Any disease is not an enemy, but one should learn certain lessons from it. Today about 40% of Indians live in accordance with the laws of Ayurveda. In recent years, the teachings have been actively promoted both in the West and in our country.
Initially, this soft semi woolen fabric was made only in the Indian city of Kashmir. This fabric was used to make beautiful warm shawls - pashminas, which quickly became in demand all over the world. Yarn for pashmina is made from the undercoat of Himalayan goats. A real pashmina easily passes through a small ring and is quite expensive.
It is hard to find a game more intellectual and at the same time gambling, ancient and modern, combining sport, art and science. Chess appeared in India about a thousand years ago. Very quickly this game migrated to Persia, and from there to Europe. Europeans immediately realized that chess is an excellent school of intrigue, where cold calculation wins. That is why chess was so popular with European nobles.
Originally, this was the name of a long instructive treatise with chapters on courtship, marriage, aphrodisiacs, adultery, and cosmetics. It was believed that everyone should read this treatise, because sex in India, a very responsible thing. Nowadays the concept of Kamasutra is used in a somewhat distorted sense.
India is the world's largest supplier of spices and spices. It is from here that the best vanilla, cinnamon, ginger, pepper, turmeric and many other spices are imported.