Ophthalmology was called Nimi Tantra in Ancient India.
A research paper presented by states that nearly all the diseases known to us were known these ancient people and the cures.
Complicated Eye Surgery, Cataract removal were performed
The Founder is Nimi,from whose name is derived the word for Minute,Nimisham"
They knew the classification of Species.
Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution , Survival of the Fittest was expressed.
An Santi Parva of Mahabharata,Section XV Arjuna speaks of the world of Microbes,'which ,though not seen by the naked eyes, support Life"
Talks of Darwinism when he says that the strongest survive by feeding and annihilating them.
The Mobile and the Immobile world is Food for Living creatures.
Jainism had such an advanced knowledge and Piety, the Jain Monks use to sweep the path they travel gently with a fan made of Peacock feathers to make sure that the smaller organisms are not unintentionally killed by them.
Kara , Dhooshana, Inderjith and Ravana's Moola Sena were adept at fighting biological warfare.
Our Vedic literature recorded about 740 plants and 250 animals.
¨ The first attempt of classification is observed in Chandyogya Upanishad, which classified animals into three categories — Jivaja(Viviparous = giving birth to young ones), e.g. mammals, Andaja(Oviparous = egg lying), e.g. birds, reptiles, insects and worms, andUdbhija (Vegetal origin), e.g. minute animals. Post-Vedic Indian literature, such as Susruta Samhita (600 BC) classified all 'substances' into sthavara (immobile), e.g. plants, jangama (mobile), e.g. animals.
¨ Plants were further subdivided into Vanaspati (fruit yielding non-flowering plants), Vriksha (both fruit yielding and flowering plants),Virudha (shrubs and creepers), and Osadhi (plants that die with ripening of fruits).
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