7 Incredible Facts About Ancient India And Technology

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Indian's knew at the very beginning that the moon got its light from the sun because scriptures related to eclipses describe it as such.

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Our Vedic scholar Sayana, from 14th century has already explained about the speed of light. He said "With deep respect, I bow to the sun, who travels 2,202 yojanas in half a nimesha".

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It was the Rig Veda that first noted the central placement of the sun and other planets orbiting around it in the solar system.

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Hunuman Chalisa calculated the distance between the sun and earth. Hanuman travelled 1 Yuga = 12000 years so 1 Sahsra Yuga = 12000000 years add 1 Yojan = 8 miles. Hence, “Yug Sahsra Yojana” means 153,600,000 kilometers.

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Mahabharat mentioned the concept of Cloning and Test Tube Babies. Each ‘Kaurava’ was created by splitting the single embryo into 100 parts and growing each part in a separate kund. This is identical to the cloning process today.

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Sushruta is also considered to be the first ever human to perform medical surgeries on humans.

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Our Vedas had already talked about the existence of what was later termed as gravity.

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