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India Invented Chess
Chess originated in the Gupta Empire (~600 AD) as "Chaturanga". It spread to Persia, then the Arab world, and finally Europe — where it got its modern name.
India
Zero Was Invented in India
Brahmagupta formally defined zero as a number in 628 AD, enabling the positional decimal system that underpins all modern mathematics and computing.
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India Has the Most Vegetarians in the World
India is home to roughly 500 million vegetarians — about 40 % of the population — more than the rest of the world combined.
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