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Shocking scientific inventions by ancient Indian saints
During the growth of the ancient civilizations, ancient technology was the result of incredible advances in engineering in ancient times. These advances in the history of technology stimulated societies to adopt new ways of living and governance. However, many ancient inventions were forgotten, lost to the pages of history, only to be re-invented millennia later. Here are the best examples of ancient technology and inventions that demonstrate the ingenuity of our ancient ancestors

The land of India is known to be the land of saints and Gods. It is filled with various types of unexplainable things. In ancient times, various saints after doing years of hard meditation, their work and with their patience found the secrets hidden in the Vedas 1,000 years ago. These inventions later came to be known as modern science. Some of the saints came out with such amazing inventions that shocked the kings of those times as well.

Acharya Kanad was born in 600 BC in Prabhas Kshetra (near Dwaraka) in Gujarat, India. His real name was Kashyap. It was Kanada who originated the idea that Anu (atom) was an indestructible particle of matter.

The ancient Indian astronomer Bhashkaracharya stated, “Objects fall on the earth due to a force of attraction by the earth. Therefore, the earth, planets, constellations, moon and sun are held in orbit due to this attraction.”

Acharya Charak has been crowned as the Father of Medicine. His renowned work, the "Charak Samhita," is considered as an encyclopaedia of Ayurveda. His principles, diagnoses, and cures retain their potency and truth even after a couple of millennium. When the science of anatomy was confused with different theories in Europe, Acharya Charak revealed through his innate genius and inquires the facts on human anatomy, embryology, pharmacology, blood circulation and diseases like diabetes, tuberculosis, heart disease, etc.  In the "Charak Samhita" he has described the medicinal qualities and functions of 100,000 herbal plants. He has emphasized the influence of diet and activity on mind and body. He has proved the correlation of spirituality and physical health contributed greatly to diagnostic and curative sciences. He has also prescribed and ethical charter for medical practitioners two centuries prior to the Oath. Through his genius and intuition, Acharya Charak forever remains etched in the annals of history as one of the greatest and noblest of rishi-scientists

Maharishi Bharadwaja spoke 7,000 years ago of "the existence of aeroplanes which travel from one country to another, from one continent to another and from one planet to another. He mentioned 97 reference books for aviation. He authored Vimana Samhita, Amsubodhini and Yantra Saraswa. <span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";color:black;mso-bidi-language:TE">He wrote about  <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">the basic structure of the “huge" aeroplanes which flew in ancient India. <span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:black;mso-bidi-language:TE">

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black;mso-bidi-language:TE">The works of Aswalayana, namely Agatatwa Lahiri and Aaptatwa and as well the work of Agastya, namely Sakti Tantram reveal the secrets on constructing aeroplanes, which will not break, which cannot be cut, will not catch fire, and cannot be destroyed. Further reveals the secrets of making motionless aircrafts and hearing conversations and other sounds in enemy places and also retrieving photographs of the interior of enemy planes as well ascertaining the direction of enemy planes approach and making persons in enemy planes lose consciousness and destroying enemy planes etc., <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">The machinery and others appliances to produce and store one thousand kinds of electricity of subtle, gross, visible invisible machines which  attract metals such as gold, copper, silver, iron etc; Paka Yantra, Kuttinee Yantra, Shodhana Yantra and also machines to extract oils, acids, essences etc and those which attract sound, likeness of things (photographs), shadows, ideas, transmitting messages etc are dealt with.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:25.9pt"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">The ancient planes had 40 small engines. The ancient Indian radar system was called 'rooparkanrahasya'. "In this system, the shape of the aeroplane was presented to the observer, instead of the mere blimp that is seen on modern radar systems. It was written about Today's aviation needs to know flexible exhaust system and various types of metal alloys used to build an aeroplane.  <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">A book titled “Brihad Vimana Shastra” by Shri Bramhamuni Parivrajaka contains verses in Sanskrit describing aircrafts <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">with their Hindi translation. Book titled “Vymanika Shastra” by Shri G.R. Josyer has appeared which contains the same <span style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"> <span style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Sanskrit verses with their English translation gives more valuable inputs on the Vedic Vimana Shastra refers to about 97 works and authorities of yore of which at least 20 works deal with the mechanism of aerial Flying Machine, but none of these works is now traceable. <span style="font-size:11pt;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:25.9pt"> Kathasaritsagara  refers to highly talented wood workers called Rajyadhara and   Pranadhara. The former was so skilled in mechanical contrivances that he could make ocean crossing chariots. And the latter manufactured a flying chariot to carry a thousand passengers in the air. These chariots were stated to be as fast as thought itself. (Source: India Through The Ages: History, Art Culture and Religion - By G. Kuppuram p. 532-533)

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:25.9pt"> According to Dr. Vyacheslav Zaitsev: "The holy Indian Sages, the Ramayana for one, tell of "Two storied celestial chariots with many windows" "They roar like off into the sky until they appear like comets." The Mahabharata and various Sanskrit books describe at length these chariots, "Powered by winged lighting...it was a ship that soared into the air, flying to both the solar and stellar regions."(Source: Temples and Spaceships - By V. Zaitsev - Sputnik, Jan. 1967 and Hinduism in the Space Age - By E. Vedavyas p. 31-32)

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:25.9pt"> The Arthasastra of Kautilya (c. 3rd century B.C.) mentions amongst various tradesmen and technocrats the Saubhikas as ' pilots conducting vehicles in the sky'. Saubha was the name of the aerial flying city of King Harishchandra and the form 'Saubika' means 'one who flies or knows the art of flying an aerial city.' Kautilya uses another significant word 'Akasa Yodhinah', which has been translated as 'persons who are trained to fight from the sky.' The existence of aerial chariots, in whatever form it might be, was so well-known that it found a place among the royal edicts of the Emperor Asoka which were executed during his reign from 256 B.C. - 237 B. C.

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:25.9pt"> The Yuktikalpataru of Bhoja includes a reference to aerial cars in verses 48-50 and a manuscript of the work belonging to the Calcutta Sanskrit College dated at 1870 A.D.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";color:black;mso-bidi-language:TE">These works reveal on how the <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">electromagnetic field coil, which consists of the closed circuit exchanger / condenser coil circuit containing the liquid metal mercury and / or its hot vapour, is to be placed with its core axis vertical to the craft. <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">When the electromagnet (heat exchanger coils) is energized, how the ring conductor is instantly shot into the air, taking the craft as a complete unit along with it. <span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; color:black;mso-bidi-language:TE"> These works explain on <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">how the lift or repulsion is generated as the lift would always be opposed to the gravitational pull of the planet Earth and how the repulsion can also be employed to cause fore and aft propulsion.

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">The basic turbo-pump engine has four main sections being compressor, combustion, or heating chambers, turbo-pump and exhaust. <span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";color:black;mso-bidi-language:TE">These works explain on <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">how the burning gases are exhausted through the turbo-pump wheel to generate power to turn the electric generator and how the propellant tanks are to be filled with liquid air and injected into expansion chambers and heated by the metal working-fluid mercury confined in a boiler coupled to a heat exchanger. How the terrestrial air ships are to be recharged the propellant tanks with liquid air and condensate water collected directly from the upper atmosphere by the on-board reducing plant. These details on how the effect of the ball of light makes the craft to appear alive and breathing but make the aerial crafts invisible. These works on Vimana Shastra gives many characteristics about what could very possible have been mercury vortex generators.

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:25.9pt"><span style="font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"">Vimana is not merely an object of mythology or a toy of the fairy tales, but brought into existence and made a reality after a <span style="background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">long period of struggle for freedom of thought, of creativity made ancient seers to learn and grow with the aggregate achievements in engineering, mathematics, anatomy, geology, physics, music, military technology, aeronautics, and a wide range of other fields. <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;text-indent:25.9pt;">The seeds of the ideas of flying birds and understanding their basic four forces of flying with upward Lift, backward Drag, downward Weight and forward Thrust led them to spread the wings. Read more at Wisdom Beyond Boundaries...Sivkishen.