Indian Knowledge Tradition

When we say Indian it automatically points to Hinduism. Hinduism is the only religion in the world that is scientific and allows debate in every manner possible, ranging from Upnishadas to modern science. The amalgamation of spirituality and science has been exemplary in Hinduism. Our quest for knowledge and know how has been transcending through generations from eons. Such has been our relentless pursuit for knowledge that India is mother to almost all inventions in the world be it medical science or rocket science. We are the race which gave this world zero, without which no worthwhile scientific invention was possible, to quote Albert Einstein, arguably the greatest scientist world has seen. We are the ones who provided the world with medical science. The Vedas are not only religious scriptures but they are also a rich source of knowledge in every field. One of the Vedas (pardon me for not remembering exactly which one) has know how about music, one talks about architecture some other talks about aircrafts. Vedas is one rich Gangotri of knowledge which we all should be proud of. The knowledge our ancestors had and passed on is so great that even in 21^st century the west is not able to decipher it. Take for example the use of Haldi (turmeric) as an antiseptic has been known to us for generations whereas the west got to know about it recently. Same is the case with our architecture, Ghrishneshwar temple is said to be impossible to build even today (as per Discovery channel) and our ancestors did it thousands of years ago. There are innumerable examples of such marvels throughout the country which is impossible to reproduce even today. This was not possible without the knowledge in finer details about every aspect of science. India was under attack for centuries by Mughals and later Britishers. British rule was much more harmful than the Mughals. They not only pillaged trillions of $ of wealth but took our rich texts and robbed us of our ancestral knowledge fountain. The world talks about seven wonders, come to India we will show you a thousand. Ranging from step well in Gujarat to Leaning temple in Uttar Pradesh (which, by the way has 9 degree slope compared 6 degrees in leaning tower of Pisa) to Brihaddeshwar temple in Karnataka to Jagannath temple in Odisha. The list is endless. Hinduism has been unmatched source of knowledge.