A controversial paper presented at the prestigious science conference, the 102nd Indian Science Congress in Mumbai, claims human aviation and advanced space flight was achieved and mastered by the ancient Indians, thousands of years before the Wright brothers in 1903.
The paper, presented by Captain Anand Bodas and Ameya Jadhav within a session titled Ancient Sciences through Sanskrit, details that in Vedic texts from 7,000 years ago, airplanes are described as being able to fly backwards and side-to-side. They could also shuttle between countries, continents and even planets.
Captain Anand J Bodas draws upon the ancient Vedas for evidence of aviation technology
“There is official history and unofficial history,” said Captain Bodas, according to TheNational. “Official history only noted that the Wright Brothers flew the first plane in 1903,” but the inventor of the airplane was really a sage named Bharadwaja, who lived around 7,000 years ago. “The ancient planes had 40 small engines.”
Painting of Bharadwaja, said to be one of the greatest Hindu sages. Public Domain
The Vedas are a large collection of Sanskrit texts originating in ancient India and constitute the oldest layer of Sanskrit literature and the oldest scriptures of Hinduism. Some of the collection, such as the Samhitas, are known to date back to at least 1,700 B.C., although it is believed that many go back much further.
An illustration of the Shakuna Vimana that is supposed to fly like a bird with hinged wings and tail. Public Domain
The subject of ‘flying machines’ has been a popular subject among ancient astronaut theorists, who argue that some extracts are evidence of extra-terrestrial visitations:
“The Pushpaka (flowery vimana) chariot that resembles the Sun and belongs to my brother was brought by the powerful Ravana; that aerial and excellent chariot going everywhere at will… that chariot resembling a bright cloud in the sky... and the King (Rama) got in, and the excellent chariot at the command of the Raghira, rose up into the higher atmosphere.” (Ramayana)
However, Captain Bodas said that ancient Indians invented the technology and that it was later forgotten because of the passage of time, foreign rulers and things being stolen from the country.
The Times of India reports that the paper, presented at the conference which included six Nobel laureates and award winning academics and scientists in its roster, has been met with skepticism, claims of “pseudo-science,” and the argument that the theory undermines empirical evidence by citing ancient religious texts.
The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) is a premier scientific organization of India, with more than 30,000 scientist members. The ISCA’s mandate is to publish journals, hold conferences and advance and promote the cause of science.
Valedictory Session of the 100th Indian Science Congress in Kolkata (Wikimedia Commons)
NASA scientist Dr. Ram Prasad Gandhiraman started an online petition before the conference was held to oppose certain lectures which were thought to advance a mix of science, mythology and the politics of Hindu nationalists.
However others, such as an Indian scientist from the U.S. who attended the conference, seemed to find the examination of ancient testimony compelling, saying, “Knowledge always grows, its flow never stops. So if all this knowledge was available in the ancient days, I need to know where it stopped. Why did it fail to grow? Why was there no advancement? When did it stop? I am not aware of the chronology of events, but I am definitely willing to learn more and find out.”
Featured Image: A manuscript illustration of the Sky Battle of Kurukshetra, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Mahabharata Epic (Wikimedia Commons)
By Liz Leafloor
Seems to me this is like
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Seems to me this is like Leonardo DaVinci hypothesizing OR people several generations later after a global holocaust imagining what might the aircraft have looked like not having seen them in person. That aircraft existed is undeniable because we are not the first set of humans to walk the planet.
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The ones that demand evidence for ancient high tech machines are not thinking logically and with commen sense, like +Ptolemy336VV. How long back do you expect such things to survive???
You can't demand all most impossible evidence, lack of evidence dose not prove it wrong.
And they where not so primitive either, dismissing ancient stories and legends as fiction is illogical, there is more truth in dose than what most mainstream academics claims, and they are not better equipt to evaluate dose text than any one else. They just want every one else think that they are, an arogance I often bunch in to, they seem to think that they have some magical gift to determine what's true or not.
Little bit of delusions of grandeur they call it.
Peace&Love
Ptolemy336VV Ptolemy336VV Ptolemy336VVThe ones that demand evidence
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Quote: "The ones that demand evidence for ancient high tech machines are not thinking logically and with commen sense, like +Ptolemy336VV. How long back do you expect such things to survive??? "
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Sure you do. It couldn't be more sensible and logical to do so!
There are also machines like the Antikythera machine of Ancient Greece, stated as the most advanced piece of technical engineering in the entire ancient world. If that wasn't there, then nobody would have even thought about it or believed it, that the Greeks had this level of Technology only to be rediscovered almost 2000 years later.
If we wouldn't have to as you say, then we can classify everything as truth. Pinokio, Jesus splitting the sea open, ancient walking robots in Homeric Epics, etc.
And with images like the ones displayed in this article with flying horses etc, are also made thousands of years after the "Indians", where supposedly be able to "fly" makes it even more unbelievable. IF there was this ancient technology, it will be found. Even if it would just be remainders. You are saying you can't demand all evidence, HOW about start with ANY evidence, to start with, as there isn't anything yet, because with your faulty reasoning you can even make the incredible hulk or my little pony a reality
In the meantime, India consists of 900 languages, and hundreds of groups and peoples through India and it's history. We are not talking about a nation, but an area with many different peoples. That's why ironically the only language that connects all peoples to date is the English language, of which 54.000 words are Greek.
Even at the time of when Ancient Greece spread hellenization in Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, they witnessed many groups and peoples in different regions of what we call now "India" (which is a Greek word as well), had no written language. In other words, India consisted of many groups with all their own level of civilization.
Our litterature , both
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Our litterature , both Sanskrit & Tamil, are far richer, older & larger than everything produced by the Greeks put together.. You are just deluded, and you don't know anything about the Hindu civilization(s). Voltaire said Pythagore went to India to learn his theorem... the fables come straight from India.. and so many words also come from India.. all basic words like MAN, are similar in many Indo-European languages.. even our numbers come directly from their Brahmi ancestors..
And by the way Dwarka was proved with Sonar Technology ! They mapped it's structures & size, it's bigger than Manhattan, and it's 100 feet below the sea, so it's definitely at least 12'000 years old..
Greeks and Europeans have the same ancestors than the Indians.... so whats the big fuss.
You need more education and less arrogance and ignorance. Google is your friend and FULL of information.. PEACE, OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI.
typical indian bloating
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