Интересные факты об Индии

name of the Indus River, as the valley, located in

it, became home to the first settlers.

"Chaturanga", which means in Sanskrit "four kinds of forces" that

were once the elephants, cavalry, horses, chariots and foot soldiers.

the delivery of postal items of the biggest in the

world. At the same time there are cases when the letter is required two weeks, which would cover a distance of 50 kilometers

influential people who developed India's relations with the Western world.

After his death, these connections were revived only after one of the harbors of Calcutta anchored east famous Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama (1460-1524). In India 2000 years ago crystalline sugar was prepared from cane. When Alexander the Great reached the Indian territory, he was surprised by the process of obtaining the honey without bees (ie, artificial honey sugar)

and once he met almost the entire country. Today in

the wild the jungles of India is no more than 4 thousand species of animal.

They are considered sacred and are often "tilak", a symbol

of good luck Hindus. Cows are considered as one of seven human progenitors, that both of them can be prepared milk, as well as from his mother.

currency (rupee).
India is a leader in the number of murders

per year. On average, in recent years in India killed 32,719 people.
Bol is one million Indians dollar millionaires, while the majority of Indians live on less than two dollars a day. Approximately 35% of Indians live below the poverty line.