Indian Technology

After digging to a depth of 100 metres last year, Russian
scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years, and came
to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network
one thousand years ago.

So, not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American
scientists dug 200 metres and headlines in the US papers read: "US
scientists have found traces of 2000 year old
>optical fibres, and have concluded that their ancestors already
had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the
Russians."

One week later, the Indian newspapers reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 500 metres, Indian scientists have found
absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years ago, their
ancestors were already using wireless technology."