Even before the existence of Modern internnet, India had its own Internet

This is with reference to knowledge not technology and this kind of knowledge was there in many past civilisations although Hindu  civilization is the oldest ! As there was development more knowledge gets added each day , so the modern day internet has no limits at all..

Statistics say, Internet traffic is estimated to be as of today 32 terabytes per second. That's humongous really. And internet is all about information. Not necessarily about knowledge. If information is the criteria, such information one can find in ancient literature.

Knowledge and information go hand in hand and internet is limitless because of its reach and let us not confuse it with old literature since it has limitations ...

I don't think so. Anything can be information. But, Knowledge has an edge over mere information.  it's only through the relics the world has known that Susruta was the first Plastic Surgeon in the world. And regarding the reach of this knowledge, it too can be easily accessed. Which is why the world has known such intricacies much earlier than the advent of Internet.

I guess you would stubbornly hold on to your own belief rather than analyse it , so no point in discussing this ...

Welcome. As I said earlier, i expressed my opinion

It has been rightly commented by a member that there was knowledge in ancient India in the form of books. That is not internet.  Internet is basically a communication system. The knowledge is available on internet that can be tapped on any device like computer, laptop or smartphone.  The knowledge in books can be accessed only by reading relevant books.  Moreover, knowledge in form of books was stored not only in India but also in other countries. There are other ancient civilizations as well, namely, Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Chinese.  

It is true that many ancient civilizations kept their quintessence in the form of Books. With this point I agree. What I said was these treasure chests of knowledge existed well before the advent of Internet, Simply because internet was not there, Did the knowledge remained obscure ? These treasure chests of knowledge came in to light after the arrival of internet ? It should be borne in mind that I never denied the role of internet.

Internet is a world wide library which can be sourced from anywhere, by anybody and is updated and added to every minute. Nothing like it existed anywhere before, howsoever into antiquity one may like to go. Psuedo nationalists have these days developed a habit of converting any modern day achievement and connecting it with some ancient Indian civilization reference. It is no point in giving them correct information because they are physically in 2016 AD but mentally in 10,2016 BC.

We can proudly say to others that our country was the only country that had enormous information preserved in face of ancient literature before the arrival of modern day internet. From that pictures it is very clear that the influence of Hindu religion and it importance among the people.  

There are ancient Chinese, Greek, Roman, Jewish etc well preserved literature available in the world or for some outer limits of the world are the geographical boundaries of present day India. 

No doubt in ancient time science of India was much advance. Technique of Aeroplane as know to Indians before Europeon. Plastic surgery was common  at the time of Tipu Sultan. Language of computer is in Sanskrit and Sanskrit is language of India.

anil wrote:

No doubt in ancient time science of India was much advance. Technique of Aeroplane as know to Indians before Europeon. Plastic surgery was common  at the time of Tipu Sultan. Language of computer is in Sanskrit and Sanskrit is language of India.

 Reference to aeroplane is made in Ramayana and other scriptures too and Mahabharat is one of the best ever epics written from ancient times that is still relevant , but Sanskrit being the language of Computer is not true, however, it is said to be the best suited ...this link which throws some light n the subject !

http://inversesquared.blogspot.in/2010/08/sanskrit-best-language-for-computer.html

anil wrote:

No doubt in ancient time science of India was much advance. Technique of Aeroplane as know to Indians before Europeon. Plastic surgery was common  at the time of Tipu Sultan. Language of computer is in Sanskrit and Sanskrit is language of India.

 

Very true. An Italian Scientist, Dr. Roberto Pinotti said in  World Space Conference that it's high time to examine in detail the Hindu texts instead of dismissing all the Vimanas or Aeroplanes  descriptions as mere myth. He further added that Vimanas are similar to modern Jet propelled flying Machines.

Here is an interesting article pertaining to Vimanas.

http://www.hinduwisdom.info/Vimanas4.htm

 

The importance of internet cannot be overestimated. This is indeed a boon to get any information/ knowledge at a click anywhere.  I agree that India had vast knowledge. Today even to access the ancient knowledge, it will  be more convenient to use internet. 

Internet should neither be overestimated nor be underestimated. Stil itl has its own uses and uniqueness. Yes, Internet can be used to access the information about, not only India's ancestral richness and heritage, but about the other civilizations like China Egypt etc.

It appears that India was more modern than today also in the ancient times. Then why it is at such level as it is today. Why did it get subjugated for 1000 years. These are questions to be debated and answers sought. However it will not be done. It requires effort to do so.

All past civilizations - Chinese Egyptian, Greek or Indian were culturally rich and people seem much more daring and outgoing from what we perceive although it may be the few belonging to the creamy layer who got the opportunity to do so ! Since then though we have evolved in many ways, we also are facing the negative impact that is bound to be there when there is change in the structure of the society and lifestyle ! Democracy in India has come with a heavy price !

usha manohar wrote:

anil wrote:

No doubt in ancient time science of India was much advance. Technique of Aeroplane as know to Indians before Europeon. Plastic surgery was common  at the time of Tipu Sultan. Language of computer is in Sanskrit and Sanskrit is language of India.

 Reference to aeroplane is made in Ramayana and other scriptures too and Mahabharat is one of the best ever epics written from ancient times that is still relevant , but Sanskrit being the language of Computer is not true, however, it is said to be the best suited ...this link which throws some light n the subject !

http://inversesquared.blogspot.in/2010/08/sanskrit-best-language-for-computer.html

Thanks for sharing this information, I also mean that base of computer language is Sanskrit.

 

vijay wrote:

It appears that India was more modern than today also in the ancient times. Then why it is at such level as it is today. Why did it get subjugated for 1000 years. These are questions to be debated and answers sought. However it will not be done. It requires effort to do so.

The only reason that people of ancient time didn't transfer their knowledge to next generation. I read some where that invention of Chankya is written in codes and it is possible till the day to read them.