We guard the poor shores, Deep seas no one explores.
The research in India goes way back of BCE yet all we toil about now is the bigotry. One needs to reform to pay respect to the people who established the present era.
2. INTRODUCTION
• A large number of researchers have started to discover references to the
latest scientific discoveries in the Vedic passage.
• The most recent twist tale being of the flying machine of Maharishi
Bharadwaj.
It took a team of researchers from IISC to put the rumors at rest.
• On the contrast though attempts have been made to patent gayatri mantra,
haldi and there is not a single patent by us on aloe vera¹ though it ‘s use has
been mentioned through out the Indian history.
• An attempt has been made to make the Vedas and meaning ²accessible to all.
• Ignorance could be bliss but believing a distorted history can be adverse.
¹“A study of patenting activity in aloe vera”- JIPR-
2002
² http://yg.cse.iitk.ac.in/Hinduism/
3. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
Mohenjo-daro’s
Ring stones
Standardized Harappan system of
weights- Dual binary decimal
progression(1,2,4,8,16,32,64,160,200.)
Kalibangan’s terracotta scale- unit
of 1.75cm³.
Arthashatra’s angul appears to be
10 lothal units.
³Analysed by Prof. R. Balasubramaniam, IITK
4. HISTORICAL ERA:
In the Sulabhsutras (6thBC)
complex geometry of fire
altars are mentioned.
Algebra did not exist.
It gives a geometric
expresssion for the
Pythagoras Theorem.
Other geometric expressions
are stated too. (√2,fractions..)
5. HISTORICAL ERA:
Pingala’s treatise
Chhandashastra gives verse
meter for verses ,identical to
binary notation.
Arabic Numerals and all
Indian numerals (except
Tamil) can be traced to
Brahmi script.
Evolution of numeral 4 by Georges Ifrah
Brahmgupta gave the
mathematical definition of
infinity.
Time scale, measurement was
way beyond.
6. Acharya Kanad
He was born around 600BC.
the founder of ” Vaisheshik Darshan “² - one of six
principal philosophies of India
A great philosopher who proposed the idea
of anu as the smallest indivisible particle.
² http://yg.cse.iitk.ac.in/Hinduism/
7. Acharya Charak (600BC)
He is crowned as the Father of
Medicine
His renowned work, the ”
Charak Samhita “, is considered as an
encyclopedia of Ayurveda ².
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
8. Acharya Sushrut (600 BC)
He details the first ever surgery procedures in ” Sushrut
Samhita ”.
He describes 125 types of surgical instruments and 300
types of operation.
He has also described use of anaesthesia and a number
of stitching methods.
9. Acharya Patanjali (200 BC)
He is considered as Father
of Yoga.
His 84 yogic postures
effectively enhance the
efficiency of the systems
and organs of the body.
As per him ultimate bliss lies
in Asthang yog :yam, niyam,
asan, pranayam, pratyahar,
dhyan, dharna and samadhi.
http://oer.nios.ac.in/wiki/index.php/Ashtang_Yog
10. Nagarjuna (931 AD)
He was a metallurgist and alchemist.
He authored ” Ras Ratnakar ,” “Rashrudaya” and “Rasendramangal”
which are renowned research in chemistry.
Extraction of metals such as silver, gold, tin and copper from their
ores and their purification were also mentioned in the treatise.
He also wrote “Arogyamanjari”, “Kakshaputatantra”,”Yogasara” and
“Yogasatak” on lines of Ayurvedic treatise.
His uttaratantra is a supplement to Sushutrasamhita, dealing with
preparation of medicinal drugs.
He was also appointed as Chancellor of the famous University of
Nalanda.
11. Aryabhatt (476-550 CE)
At the age of 23, he wrote a text on astronomy and an unparallel treatise
on mathematics called “Aryabhatiyam.”
The mathematical part of the Aryabhatiya covers arithmetic, algebra,
plane trigonometry, and spherical trigonometry, continued fractions,
quadratic equations, sums-of-power series, and a table of sines.
Arya-siddhanta, a lost work on astronomical computations, is known
through the writings of his contemporary, Varahamihira, and later
mathematicians and commentators, including Brahmagupta and Bhaskara
I.
Laplace (early 19th century) wrote testimonial for his great achievement.
12. CONCLUSIONS
• Our is an ancient and rich nation.
• The study of ancient knowledge is legitimate but discovering it after those
discoveries are made is not beneficial.
• Every year several manuscripts are destroyed, sold or just rot away. It always
takes a foreigner to tell us our tales.
• If we care least for our heritage than we deserve the least of it. And a false
sense of pride is of no good at all.
13. REFERENCES
• A study of patenting activity in aloe vera”-
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/4929/1/JIPR%207(4)%203
30-341.pdf
• http://yg.cse.iitk.ac.in/Hinduism/
• http://oer.nios.ac.in/wiki/index.php/Ashtang_Yog
• http://www.iisc.ernet.in/prasthu/pages/PP_data/105.pdf
• The universal history of numbers-From prehistory to invention of
computer, George Ifrah (Penguin Books, 2005, 3 vols)
• Geometry in Ancient and Medieval India, T.A. Sarasvati Amma(Motilal
Banarasidas,1999)
• History of Technology in India, ed. A.K. Bag(Indian National Science
Academy 1997)
Editor's Notes
First 4 of ashtang yog can be practiced by all and last 4 only by rishis.