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Ancient Indian inventions that will surprise you

Ancient Indians have contributed to shaping the world in ways you probably couldn’t imagine. From surgeries to the conceptualization of intellectual theories, there are many extraordinary ancient Indian inventions. In this article I would like to touch upon the Plastic Surgery: Facial Reconstruction - one of the Indian inventions.  

The government has notified compulsory surgical procedures for PG students of Ayurveda has recently fetched debate in medical circle. A few oppose this decision that permitting Ayurveda doctors to conduct surgery a compromise with health.

The theory of reconstructive surgery is recorded in Indian sources as old as 4000 years ago. Vedic records of the time retell the story of Shiva, a Supreme Hindu deity, replacing the head of his dead human son, Ganesh, with the face of an elephant baby. According to these sources, the knowledge of Ayurveda (the science of life) was passed down from Brahma, another Supreme Hindu deity, to Sushruta, the son of King of Banaras.

Illustration of an 18th century nose reconstruction method from Poona performed by an Indian potter, Gentleman’s Magazine 1794

Sushruta is considered the "Father of Plastic Surgery." He lived in India sometime between 1000 and 800 BC, and is responsible for the advancement of medicine in ancient India. His teaching of anatomy, pathophysiology, and therapeutic strategies were of unparalleled luminosity, especially considering his time in the historical record. He is notably famous for nasal reconstruction, which can be traced throughout the literature from his depiction within the Vedic period of Hindu medicine to the era of Tagliacozzi during Renaissance Italy to modern-day surgical practices.

Some facts on plastic surgery:

Reconstructive surgeries were being carried out in India by 800 BC. Sushruta was a physician that made important contributions to the field of plastic surgery in the 6th century

By 750 AD, the medical works of both Sushruta and Charak originally in Sanskrit were being translated into the Arabic language and sent to Europe.

Joseph Carpue, a surgeon in England, introduced the cosmetic surgery to western medicine as he reconstructed the nose of a young soldier. When he learnt about procedures developed in India to rebuild mutilated noses, he travelled to India  and spent 20 years in India studying local plastic surgery methods

Carpue was able to perform the first major surgery in the Western world by 1815

Plastic surgeries involved a great pain until the techniques of anaesthesia were established

The invention and use of antibiotics such as penicillin, was another step in making elective surgery possible

The first American plastic surgeon was John Peter Mettauer, who, in 1827, performed the first cleft palate operation with instruments that he designed himself

The father of modern plastic surgery is generally considered to have been Sir Harold Gillies who developed many of the techniques of modern facial surgery

Walter Yeo, a British sailor during World War I, is often cited as the first known person to have benefited from plastic surgery

The world's first partial face transplant on a living human was carried out on November 27, 2005 by Bernard Devauchelle, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and Jean-Michel Dubernard in France. Isabelle Dinoire became the first person to receive the transplant

In ancient Rome, plastic surgery started as a means to remove scars. People in Rome were afraid of scars on their back as it was considered shameful and depicted that a man had turned his back during the war.

Today, the practice of plastic surgery is seemingly as important in the show business, on an international level, as having actual skills and talents. These aesthetic surgeries are certainly on the list of Indian inventions, whose mentions you will find throughout the myths and historical texts of the subcontinent. 

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Invention by Indians in Apparel and textile sector part 1) BUTTON: ornamental buttons made from seashell were invented in the Indus Valley civilization. Buttons were originally used more as ornament than as fastening. Button invention is almost 5000 years old. You can share anything you know about history of buttons.#indianinvention #inventions #indusvalleycivilization #indusvalley #indusvalleydesigns #handmadebuttons #buttons #button #trim

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Invention by Indians in Apparel and textile sector part 5)Charkha (Spinning wheel): invented in India, between 500 and 1000 C.E. The word charkha, which has links with Persian چرخ: charKh, wheel, is related to the word “circle".The charkha was both a tool and a symbol of the Indian independence movement. #charkha #khadi #inventions #textiles #textilelove #history #indianhistory #inventionsbyindians #indianinvention #indianindependencemovement #indianindependence #charkhamornings #handspinners #handspinning #khadilove #textilehistory #textiles #textile #textileaddict #textilestory

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Invention by Indians in Apparel and textile sector part 3) CARDING:Science historian Joseph Needham ascribes the invention of bow-instruments used in textile technology to India.The earliest evidence for using bow-instruments for carding comes from India (2nd century CE). These carding devices, called kaman (bow) and dhunaki, would loosen the texture of the fibre by the means of a vibrating string. Image : Dhunuri Cotton Carder India 1774-1781. A "Cotton carder". An old engraving copied from artist Pierre Sonnerat's 1782 illustration showing a man carding raw cotton, (using a card or comb to clean or disentangle the fibres prior to weaving) #madeinindia #inventions #indianinvention #carding #cottoncarding #cardingofcotton #indianhistory #history #textilehistory #textile #textiles #textilelove #textileaddict

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Invention by Indians in Apparel and textile sector part 2) CALICO: Calico was mentioned by writer Hemachandra in Indian literature by 12th century.Calico is a palin woven textile made from unbleached and often not fully processed cotton.This fabric was originally from the city of Calicut in southwestern India.it was made by the traditional weavers cakes caliyans.For more history about calico you can refer various online medium or you can DM us. #calico #inventions #textile #indianinvention #inventionsbyindians #textilehistory #history #indiancotton #madeinindia

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There are so many inventions done by Indian and one of them is weighing scale which is used by our rural weavers and spinners to weigh the cotton even today.there are lot of invention in textile and apparel sectors as well. Let's talk about discoveries and inventions by Indians in textile, cloth or apparel sector. #indianinvention #weighingscale #handspinners #handweaver #ruralartisans