Alex & Mary India Page

• Albert Einstein: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
• Mark Twain: In religion and culture, India is the only millionaire! There is only one India! The land of dreams and romance. The one land all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of all the rest of the globe combined. India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only. More Quotes...
• A civilization more than 5000 years old, the cultural origins of the Indian subcontinent can be traced back to the Indus Valley Civilizations, the remains of which are cherished today as archaeological treasures.
• India is the largest democracy (in terms of the number of voters)
• The second most populous country (950 million) in the world, The cultural diversity is marked by 25 states and 7 union territories
• 24 chief Indian languages, each spoken by a million or more people, and numerous other languages and dialects,
• A religious co-existense of Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Jainism, and Buddhism.