How it all began? S1E2

Nowadays, with the growth in science, our life is becoming increasingly accessible. Just a few years down the line, one had to take it to the busy streets to buy snacks. Today entire menus of restaurants are just a click away! Technology is making our life easier day by day. But a question arises, How it all began? How old is our talent? What factors were involved in establishing science in ancient civilizations.

The earliest roots of science can be seen in India. The legend of Ramayana took place around 7000 years ago. We can see various advanced technology used by people back then. Floating porous stones built around that time to traverse the distance to Sri Lanka are the most exemplary evidence to date. Ruined remains are still visible as feeble spirals between India and Sri Lanka. With time methods of science became sophisticated.

Once written records came into existence, progress in science was inevitable. The decimal number system which the modern world has accepted has its roots in the Indian Subcontinent. The ideas of heliocentrism, the most primitive atomic model, were based on anu, i.e. smallest particle. The concept of zero and numerous scientific ideas were prevalent. Science evolved over the centuries in the Subcontinent. If one asks why? Simply because of the inquisitiveness of the human mind. The very nature of asking questions leads us to answers which are often oblivious to everyone else. Pursuing science comes like reading a suspense thriller. You never know how the plot will progress. You just hypothesize how the story will move based upon what you have read uptil a certain point. Turns out people back then must have adored thrillers, for science has come a long way from those medieval times. IISc, ISRO, TIFR, IISER, IIT( just to name a few ), aka frontiers of modern-day science, are testimonials of how science has evolved to its modern form in India. While science was in the making in ancient India. The rest of the world back then was also incubating ideas that would ultimately shape the future of science and technology. This is all for this episode. In the next one, we will explore the sagas of the inception of science from places across the globe.

Author: Yash Sharma Editor: Aviral Srivastava