@ David: It is really surprising to see your reply. Do you know, how many traditions Indian boasts of?? The ethics, the science, the literature, intermingling of so many people with so many religions and so many languages!!! You certainly can't imagine. Had you people with a single language faced problems like us, you would have been nowhere!! What sort of culture do you have??? In terms of traditions (Khandan) and contributions to the world society China didn'tcontribute a single thing, and you can say, most of the contributions are made by the Europeans and the Indians. Whatever you achieved is only a broadcast and no one should deny, by the dint of your hard work. We certainly have missing links in our generations, otherwise, we as a society wouldn't have been so corrupt!!! So, the turmoil, which India faced, had never been faced by China, and India always happened to be a plundered land at the hands of the external aggressors, which China ne'er faced, 'coz, it had nothing new to offer!!! So, before taking a dive into the forum, read the History first.