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Video : Scotland Honours India’s Father of Surgery Maharishi Sushruta

Video : Scotland Honours India’s Father of Surgery Maharishi Sushruta

A bronze statue of Maharishi Sushruta, widely regarded as the Father of Surgery, has been unveiled at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, honouring India's ancient medical legacy and its historic ties with Scotland. Believed to have lived around 600 BCE, Sushruta authored the Sushruta Samhita, documenting hundreds of surgical procedures, diseases, medicinal plants and [...]

June 23, 2026 HHR Analysis/Insights, Archives, HHR Videos, Hinduism and the World of Science, News updates, World Focus 0

ICHR approves first project to map ancient India’s scientific achievements

ICHR approves first project to map ancient India’s scientific achievements

India’s achievements in science and technology have been in focus ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi used examples from the Mahabharata and Ramayana to illustrate the country’s scientific temperament in ancient times. The Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) has approved the first research project in its effort to map the country’s ancient scientific achievements, [...]

June 14, 2016 HHR Archives, India 0

Takshashila: The world’s first known university

Takshashila: The world’s first known university

The site initially began to develop as a loosely connected group of buildings where learned persons resided, worked and taught. Over the years, additional buildings were added; rulers made donations and more scholars migrated there. Gradually a large campus developed, which became a celebrated seat of learning in the ancient world. Not only Indians but [...]

May 24, 2012 Rajesh Patel History 2
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