HINDUISM ONCE DOMINATED IRAN TO INDONESIA THROUGH THOUGHT AND PHILOSOPHY ALONE. List of Indian inventions details the cultural and scientific inventions, discoveries and contributions made in India[fn 1] throughout its cultural and technological history, during which architecture, astronomy, cartography,metallurgy, logic, mathematics, metrology and mineralogy were among the branches of study pursued by its scholars. During recent times science and technology in the Republic of India has also focused on automobile engineering, information technology, communications as well as space, polar, and nuclear sciences. Hinduism is the predominant religion[1] of the Indian subcontinent. Hinduism is often referred to as Sanātana Dharma, a Sanskrit phrase meaning “the eternal law”, by its practitioners.[2] Hindu beliefs vary widely, with concepts of God and/or gods ranging from pantheism, monotheism and polytheism, with Vishnu and Shiva being the most popular deities. Other notable characteristics include a belief in reincarnation and karma, as well as personal duty, or dharma. Among its roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India, and as such Hinduism is often stated to be the “oldest religious tradition” or “oldest living major tradition.”[3][4][5][6] It is formed of diverse traditions and types and has no single founder.[7] Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion after Christianity and Islam, with approximately a billion adherents, of whom about 905 million …