Fame and Shame of an Ancient Civilization

Abstract

The achievements of ancient India in the literary and intellectual pursuits like astronomy, mathematics, science and their applications in the areas of metallurgy, transport, medicine and surgery were astonishing and received attention from Persia, Greece and China. In the rest of Europe understanding and appreciation for India had to wait long. For example the brilliant order and function of the phonetic alphabet of ancient India is still generally unknown to the rest of the world.