This is India | 这是印度!

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"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only." These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain

“印度是人类的摇篮，是人类言论的发源地，历史之母，传奇的祖母，也是传统的曾祖母。我们在人类历史上最宝贵，最有教育意义的材料被珍藏在 仅限印度。“  这些是伟大的马克吐温说的话

Introduction/简介：

India is a country located in South Asia. It is the second most populated country in the world after China and is home to over 1.3 billion people. Bordering its southern border is the Indian Ocean, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. The country also shares its borders with Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Burma, Bangladesh and Nepal. Learn a little more about this enormous country with these interesting facts about India:  

印度位于南亚，是世界上仅次于中国的人口大国，约有13亿多人口。南部与印度洋相邻，东临孟加拉湾，西濒阿拉伯海。东北部同中国、尼泊尔、不丹接壤，东部与缅甸为邻，东南部与斯里兰卡隔海相望，西北部与巴基斯坦交界。下面我将给大家介绍更多关于印度的那些有意思的事儿：

Origin of Yoga

瑜伽的起源

Yoga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India by father of Yoga “Patanjali” centuries ago, Yoga is India’s gift to the world, today, the magic if Yoga is prevalent all around the world .

瑜伽是一种结合身体、精神以及心灵的训练或修行，起源于数世纪以前的古印度，由瑜伽之父--帕坦伽利创造。瑜伽是印度对世界的献礼，如今，瑜伽的魅力已经征服了全世界。

Contribution to Mathematics:

对数学的贡献：

Ancient Indian have significantly contributed towards the development of modern mathematics. India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by ancient mathematician Aryabhata. Without Zero, there is no mathematics.

古代的印度人对现代数学的发展做出了重大的贡献，他们发明了数字系统。数字“零”就是被古数学家阿耶波多发明出来的。没有零，就没有数学。

Shampooing is an Indian concept

洗发是印度的概念

Shampoo was invented in India, not the commercial liquid ones but the method by use of herbs. The word 'shampoo' itself has been derived from the Sanskrit word champu, which means to massage.

洗发水是在印度发明的，不是商业液体发酵剂，而是使用草药的方法。 “洗发水”这个词本身就源自梵语词冠军，意思是按摩。

One of the world's Oldest University

拥有世界上最古老的大学之一

The University of Nalanda, one of the world’s oldest university, was built in the 4th century BC and was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.

那烂陀大学是世界最古老大学之一，成立于公元前4世纪，是古印度在教育领域最伟大的成就之一。

The wettest inhabited place in the world

世界上最潮湿的有人居住的地方

Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rainfall in the world. Cherrapunji, also a part of Meghalaya, holds the record for the most rainfall in the calendar year of 1861.

Mawsynram是梅加拉亚邦Khasi山上的一个村庄，是世界上记录的最高平均降雨量。 Cherrapunji也是梅加拉亚邦的一部分，拥有1861年历史最大降雨量的记录。

Home to world's oldest religion

最古老宗教的发源地

Country of 7000 years old religion Hinduism is also the birth place of Jainism and Buddhism which founded in India in 600 B.C. and 500 B.C.respectively.

印度是一个拥有着7000年印度教历史的国家，同时也是耆那教和佛教的发源地，后两个宗教分别成立于公元前600年和公元前500年。

Sanskrit

梵文

Sanskrit is an Old Indo-European language, exists at least 6,000 years old and was considered as the language of the Gods. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software, reported in Forbes magazine, July 1987.

梵文属于古老的印欧语系，存在了至少6000年之久，并被认为是诸神的语言。据《福布斯》杂志1987年7月的报道称，梵文也是电脑微软系统最适用的语言。

Worlds Oldest Language -Tamil

世界上最古老的语言--泰米尔语

Tamil may not be the oldest language in the world, but it is the oldest language that is still spoken today. The age of Tamil literature started around 2600 years ago during 600 BC. Tamil was the first language to be declared a classical language by UNESCO.

梵泰米尔语可能不是世界上最古老的语言，但它是今天仍然使用的最古老的语言。 泰米尔文学的时代始于2600年前的公元前600年. 泰米尔语是联合国教科文组织宣布为古典语言的第一种语言。

Origin of Ayurveda

阿育吠陀的起源

Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. Charaka, the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization. Ayurveda today is a big industry and an alternative to allopathic medical science by using natural herbs and medicines.

阿育吠陀是人类已知的最早的医学学派。2500年前，医学之父遮罗迦完善了阿育吠陀。如今，阿育吠陀在我们的文明中正在迅速重拾自己的地位。今天的阿育吠陀是一个巨大的产业，因其以天然药草应用为主而成为了对抗药用疗法的替代性医疗法。

The first country to consume Sugar

第一个消费糖的国家

India was the first country to develop extraction and purifying techniques of sugar. Many visitors from abroad learnt the refining and cultivation of sugar from us.

印度是第一个开发糖提取和净化技术的国家。 许多来自国外的游客从我们那里学到了糖的精制和栽培。...

World’s Oldest Dam

世界最古老的水坝

The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra whose history dates back to as old as 150AD.

最早的用以灌溉的蓄水水库就建在索拉什特拉，可追溯到公元150年。

Diamonds were first mined in India

钻石首先在印度开采

Initially, diamonds were only found in the alluvial deposits in Guntur and Krishna District of the Krishna River Delta. Until diamonds were found in Brazil during the 18th century, India was the only source for diamonds known to the world. 

最初，钻石仅存在于克里希纳河三角洲的Guntur和Krishna区的冲积矿床中。 直到18世纪在巴西发现钻石，印度才是世界上唯一知道的钻石来源。

A floating post office

一个漂浮的邮局

India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011.

印度拥有世界上最大的邮政网络，拥有超过1,515个邮局。 一个邮局平均为7,175人提供服务。 位于斯利那加的达尔湖的浮动邮局于2011年8月落成。

Origin of Chess

国际象棋的起源

      

Chess (Shataranja ) was invented in India. The history of chess can be traced back nearly 1500 years.

国际象棋（在印度被称作Shataranja）是在印度被发明的。国际象棋的历史可以追溯到大概1500年前。

World’s oldest Surgeon

最古老的外科医生

Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans, cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology,digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.

苏胥如塔是外科医生之祖。2600年前，他和同时代的医疗科学家们就进行了多种复杂的外科手术如剖腹产、白内障、骨折、尿结石，甚至整形外科手术和脑外科手术。麻醉的使用在古印度早就众所周知。超过125种外科手术设备都曾在印度医学中被使用。有关解剖学、生理学、病原学、胚胎学、消化、遗传学以及免疫学等深层知识领域都有文献可寻。

Tea Production

茶叶生产

India is Second Largest tea producing country in the world after China producing around 3000+ million kilograms of tea every year.

在全世界，印度是仅次于中国的第二大茶叶生产国，每年生产30亿公斤左右的茶叶。

Snakes and Ladders originated in India

蛇棋起源于印度

Earlier known as Moksha Patamu, the game was initially invented as a moral lesson about karma to be taught to children. It was later commercialized and has become one of the most popular board games in the world.

此前被称为Moksha Patamu的游戏最初发明是为关于要教给孩子的道德教训。 它后来被商业化，并已成为世界上最受欢迎的棋盘游戏之一。

Largest number of vegetarians in the world

世界上素食者人数最多

Be it because of religious reasons or personal choices or both, around 20-40% of Indians are vegetarians, making it the largest vegetarian-friendly country in the world..

无论是出于宗教原因还是个人选择，或者两者兼而有之，大约20-40％的印度人是素食主义者，使其成为世界上最大的素食友好国家。

Hub of IT Outsourcing

IT资源外包中心

Half of worlds IT services are outsourced in India.Worlds largest companies like IBM,Oracle, Dell have outsourced their IT services including research, development ,analysis and other services.Today outsourcing is a big industry in India having workforce of about 3 million people with a revenue of over 150 billion $  .

世界上有一半的IT外包服务都在印度。世界上最大的公司如美国国际商用机器公司、甲骨文公司、戴尔公司等都将研发等IT业务外包在了印度。如今印度的外包服务是一个大产业，有大约300万人从事这一行业，创造的收益超过1500亿美元。

World’s Most Diverse Country

世界上最多元化的国家

India's culture is among the world's oldest; civilization in India began about 4500 years back .The culture of India refers collectively to the thousands of distinct and unique cultures of all religions and communities present in India. India is the only country in the world with unbelievable diversity, where Hindus,muslims,Sikhs,Christians,Jains,Buddhists and many other religions coexists, a nation of 1.3 billion people that speaks 23 languages with over 720 dialects, India has 82237 newspapers that publishes 10 million copies of newspaper every day. 

印度的文化是世界上最古老的文化之一; 印度的文明大约始于4500年前。印度的文化包含了印度所有代表着印度的宗教和群体的数千种独特的文化。 印度拥有令人难以置信的多样性文化，印度教、穆斯林、锡克教、基督教、耆那教、佛教和许多其他宗教共存；这个国家的12亿人口讲着拥有720多种方言的23种语言；这里还有82237种报纸， 每天出版1000万份报纸。

Land of Taj Mahal

泰姬陵

The Taj Mahal in India was built by a Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the sixteenth century for his beloved wife. It is a magnificent masterpiece of architecture made of marble stones which is inscribed by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. Today, it attracts 7 to 8 million annual visitors each year.

印度的泰姬陵由十六世纪的莫卧儿皇帝沙贾汗为他心爱的妻子建造。 它是由大理石建造的宏伟建筑杰作，被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产。 如今，泰姬陵每年都会吸引700万到800万游客前来参观。

Bollywood

宝莱坞

Bollywood, Hindi-language sector of the Indian moviemaking industry more than 100 years old that began Mumbai and developed into an enormous film empire. Bollywood movies are today popular all around the world. Today the Indian film industry is the largest in the world in terms of number of films produced. India produces 1,500-2,000 films every year in more than 20 languages.

宝莱坞，印度电影业的印地语部门已有100多年的历史，从孟买开始并发展成为一个庞大的电影帝国。 宝莱坞电影如今在全世界都很受欢迎。 如今，印度电影业在电影制作数量方面当属世界之最。 印度每年以20多种语言制作1,500-2,000部电影。

Leading the World

引领世界的成就

Indian brains are considered to be the sharpest brain in the world. Indians have proved their landmark in every field , from science and technologies to business management ,from finance management to automobiles, Indians have a significant achievement in all arenas, from Google to Microsoft, Cognizant to NetApp -- Indians run some of the world's biggest and best companies.

印度人的思维被认为是世界上“最敏锐的大脑”。 从科技到商业管理、从财务管理到汽车，印度人已经在各个行业都证明了自己。从谷歌到微软、从高知特科技到NetApp，印度人都取得了重大成就，印度人还经营着一些世界上最大最优秀的企业。

India is so incredible and  versatile that its credibility and versatility cannot be jotted down in a single article ,Indian is a nuclear power country yet we are peace loving and harmonious nation who believe in age old ancient Indian saying called Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्  ( whole world is a family) ,the values of Indian ethos are inculcated in every child by his parents. With wonderful landscapes of Himalays to Jungles of Kerela, from the beautiful beaches of Goa to we land of Meghalaya, India is a whole world within herself. 

印度在方方面面所取得的成就是一篇文章无法讲述完的。印度是一个核电国家，但同时也是爱好和平的国家。我们一直相信印度的一句古语：Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्  （世界是一个大家庭），印度的父母会向每个孩子灌输印度民族精神的价值观。 从喜马拉雅山脉到喀拉拉雨林的美妙景观，从美丽的果阿海滩到我们梅加拉亚邦的土地，印度本身就是一个完整的世界。

Author/作者：

I am （德福） Dev Raturi from India and I represent Redfort Cultural Restaurant Group ,located in Xi’an, Beijing ,Hangzhou . As a hospitality entrepreneur, I am a proud Indian which has such a huge diversity of landscapes, religion and culture, India is certainly among the most fascinating places in the world. 

我是来自印度的德福，我在中国创办了红堡文化餐饮品牌，目前在西安、北京以及杭州都设有分店。作为一名勤奋的创业者，我为我的国家--印度而感到自豪。印度多样化的风景、宗教和文化让它成为了世界上最迷人的国家之一。

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