Ancient
Indian Spacecraft And Aircraft Technology
India
had a treasure trove of
hitech warfare technology that even the 'mighty West' does not possess.
The Brahmastra and
Vimana
used in the pre-Mahabharata period are nothing but the earlier versions of
today's nuclear weapons and spacecraft.'
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India
had a treasure trove of hitech warfare technology that even the 'mighty West'
does not possess. The Brahmastra and Vimana used in the pre-Mahabharata period
are nothing but the earlier versions of today's nuclear weapons and
spacecraft.'
It is
this feeling that one would get after listening to a lecture on 'High Technology
in Ancient Sanskrit Literature' by Mr. C. S. R. Prabhu,
senior scientist, NIC, Hyderabad, on Thursday as part of the three- day
Indo-Nepal Sanskrit Conference, currently underway at the Rashtriya Sanskrit
Vidyapeetha here.
Mr.
Prabhu, quoting extensively from ancient texts, stressed that the
pre-Mahabharata period was an age of high technology, which was ignored in the
Medieval period due to reasons not known.
He
quoted from the texts of a great scholar, Subbaraya Sastry, who, in a state of
yogic trance, is said to have orally dictated the spacecraft technology in a
period somewhere between 1875 and 1919, which was recorded by his disciples. The
text, a copy of which is still in
Nepal
's Royal Library, contained technical details on assembling, fabricating and
erecting a spacecraft, the metals, semi-conductors, advanced alloys used and
other minute aeronautical information. Though quite difficult to be believed on
the face of it, the fact that this technology did not exist anywhere in the
world - not even in
America
and
Europe
- in the mentioned period, makes it hard for one to disbelieve.
The
technical information given in Sastry's texts was as minute, precise and clear,
as if it were a 'Make your own spacecraft' or a 'Spacecraft technology in 30
days' except for the Sanskrit language used, which was very much archaic and
obsolete, Mr. Prabhu said. On a tip on making an alloy, the text said 'Krishnaseesam
Chanjanikam Vajrathundam samamsathaha' from which the real meaning of 'Vajrathundam'
(used in that context), could not be found in any contemporary Sanskrit
dictionary. ''After a great amount of interaction with ayurvedic specialists and
Swamijis with intuitive interpretations, it turned out to be the cactus plant,''
he said.
To
further strengthen his claim, he said there were wall paintings in some forts in
Rajasthan depicting the use of rockets in Mughal warfare and even by Tipu Sultan
of
Mysore
. Another interesting fact he gave was that the spacecraft could become
invisible on its own. The lead alloy (Thamogarbha loha) used in making the body
of the spacecraft would absorb light around it in a photo chemical reaction that
would make it disappear.
On
testing the Krishna seesa metal mentioned in the formula in the laboratory of
Birla Institute of Science,
Hyderabad
, Mr. Prabhu found the metal absorbing 78 per cent of laser light, which means,
any other light could be easily absorbed, giving ample proof that there existed
a technology to make things invisible. Also the use of an alloy of copper, zinc
and lead made the spacecraft's body resist corrosion by 1000 times over that of
the current levels. Using Ararakamra material for the axle and wheels had made
it possible for taking 'U' turns and serpentine movements.
An
astonishing fact is that the Ararakamra metal was an alloy of copper, zinc, lead
and iron, the combination of which is impossible, according to modern
metallurgy. Technically, the ''Young's modulus'' of this metal is said to be
higher than that of steel, making it stronger. As the spacecraft had to be
capable of resisting high temperature, on re- entering our atmosphere from the
outer space, its body was made with a metal called 'Raja Loha'. Its special
feature was that apart from resisting heat, it converted light from lightnings
into energy. To crosscheck all these details, there were no furnaces available
in
Hyderabad
to melt metals at a high temperature of 2500 degrees celcius, Mr. Prabhu
lamented.
Another
hitch came into his research in the form of the 'energy' used. 'Though the texts
explained that the spacecraft was propelled by 'Sourasakthi', modern solar
technology does not generate so much power to drag a rocket', he pointed out.
Later he found out to his bewilderment that it was a kind of 'nuclear power'
that was used in those days. 'The solar power, when coupled with gamma rays
produced nuclear energy that had the power to propel a rocket', Mr. Prabhu
observed.
He even
spoke on 'Tripura Vimana' that was used to travel in space, water and on land,
by using the metal 'Trinetra loha'. Mr. Prabhu said he had submitted the model
and some more information on the 'super metal' to the Indian Metal Society
Conference and further claimed that the advisor to the government on scientific
affairs Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam too had asked him to bring the design of the
plane.
A
committee which was appointed by Indian Institute of Science to investigate into
it, declared Sastry's texts as 'fraud', but Mr. Prabhu reasons that the
descriptions mentioned in the ancient texts were perhaps too advanced to
believe, making the committee to hastily come to the conclusion. He wanted a
national level effort to prove that the so called 'myths' were in fact,
scientific formulae on advanced technology. He said he had proposed a project
called 'Bharadwaja Institute of Vedic Science and Technology', the objective of
which was to derive, decipher and reproduce advanced methodologies and processes
from Vedic and post-Vedic Sanskrit texts, for which he sought government's
support.
(source: Ancient
Indian Spacecraft And Aircraft Technology - thehindu.com). Refer
to Hidden
mysteries.
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Large
Symbols Like Peruvian Signs Found on Gujarat Hillside
Vadodara,
Gujarat, India. August 6, 2006: Geologists have discovered a striking
archaeological feature on a hillock in the Kutch district of the western Indian
state of Gujarat. This feature is shaped like the Roman numeral VI. Each arm of
this feature is a trench that is about two meters wide, two meters deep and more
than 100 meters long. The feature has evoked the curiosity of archaeologists
because such signs have mostly been observed so far in Peru. The team, led by Dr
RV Karanth, a former professor of geology at the Maharaja Sayajirao University
in Vadodara, Gujarat, has been involved in a palaeoseismological study of the
Kutch region for the past 11 years Palaeoseismology involves the study of
sediments, landforms and other geological evidence of past earthquakes to
unravel their history and determine the nature and occurrence of present-day
earthquakes. This feature was discovered at a hillock 3km from the sleepy oasis
township of Khavda, which is also known as the gateway to the Rann of Kutch, an
extensive salt marsh of western India and southeast Pakistan between the Gulf of
Kutch and the Indus river delta.
Dr. Karanth says such trenches have not been noticed elsewhere in the region.
Archaeologists, he says, can now pursue further research. Geometric lines and
animal shapes etched into the desert plain by people of the Nazca
civilisation (AD 1-700) of Peru are well known. "But such signs
on hill-slopes have not been reported from Peru," says Dr. Karanth. He says
that one of the prominent explanations given for the Peruvian features is that
they may have been constructed to make astronomical observations and
calculations. "The Tropic of Cancer passes through
Kutch. So if this structure is man-made, it is likely that the slope of the
hillock was utilized for making certain astronomical calculations in the
past," explains the geologist. Interestingly, there are numerous
indications to suggest that Harappans were well-versed in astronomy. The
straight streets of that time were oriented in the cardinal directions - east,
west, north and south. Linkages between ancient Harappan scripts and latter
Vedic texts also suggest that Harappan priest-astronomers tracked the progress
of various planets and mapped the sky. Dr. Karanth has also discovered ruins of
a fort-wall, houses, storage tank and a temple on the hilltop.
(source:
Large
Symbols Like Peruvian Signs Found on Gujarat Hillside - bbcnews.co.uk).
For more refer to chapter on India
on Pacific Waves.
Also
refer to Vedic India
and the Primordial Tradition
- in chapter
Glimpses
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