General Knowledge - Inventions - Discussion

"According to Indian mythology and customs, from the time of Lord Krishna we are burning crackers prepared from gunpowder.

The Mahabharat fight which was fought several centuries before involved weapons that were prepared from mercury and gunpowder and they are as powerful as nuclear weapons. American research institutes have conducted experiments and concluded this in the war areas and nothing grows in those areas. ".

Did you just use a mythology story as a scientific fact? It's like saying Greeks invented electricity because in their mythology Zeus can control lightning.

To create gunpowder you need to be really advance in chemistry. How is it possible to invent it "before involved weapons".

"Prepared from mercury and gunpowder and they are as powerful as nuclear weapons" - Good. World does not need nuclear energy anymore. All we need mercury and gunpowder to produce same amount of energy.

"American research institutes have conducted experiments and concluded this in the war areas and nothing grows in those areas. " - So if use an explosives with gunpowder, than nothing will grow on that land for more than 2500 years. Right. Because. Radiation?

Gunpowder is invented in China in 9th century.

China has invented Gunpowder.

Roger bacon was the first person to invent gunpowder in Europe.

Because the gun powder invented in India was made by pig fat and his last name is bacon and bacon is made from pig.

It was invented during the Tang Dynasty (9th century) , and the earliest record of a written formula appeared in the Song Dynasty (11th century).

"American research institutes have conducted experiments and concluded this in the war areas and nothing grows in those areas". So if use explosives with gunpowder, then nothing will grow on that land for more than 2500 years because Radiation.

Well Said @Prospirit.

The Four Great Inventions Of China are:.

Compass, Gunpowder, Paper-making and Printing.

Roger Bacon in England during Industrial revolution invented gun powder to empower Britain's army and navy.

The invention of gunpowder is usually attributed to Chinese alchemy, and is popularly listed as one of the "Four Great Inventions" of China. It was invented during the Tang Dynasty (9th century) , and the earliest record of a written formula appeared in the Song Dynasty (11th century).