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- One of India's greatest writers was Kalidasa who wrote the play Shakuntala
- 2000 Tamil poems from South India still exist
- Drama was very popular
- Traveling actors put on performances in cities across the region
- Many classical dance forms in India are based on these techniques
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- Modern numerals, zero, and the decimal system were invented in India
- An Indian named Aryabhata calculated the value of pi and the days in a year
- Two important medicines were found that cured more than 1,000 diseases
- Hindus performed surgery, plastic surgery, and gave injections