This
list of Indian inventions and discoveries details the inventions, scientific discoveries and contributions of ancient and modern India, including both the ancient and medieval nations in the subcontinent historically
referred to as India and the modern Indian state. It draws from the whole
cultural and
technological history of India, during which
architecture,
astronomy,
cartography,
metallurgy,
logic,
mathematics,
metrology and
mineralogy were among the branches of study pursued by . During recent times
science and technology in the Republic of India has also focused on
automobile engineering,
information technology,
communications as well as research into
space and
polar technology.