The document discusses the legend of the Nine Unknown Men, a secret society allegedly founded by the Indian emperor Asoka in the 3rd century BCE. It is said that Asoka wanted to prevent dangerous knowledge from being misused, so he entrusted nine men with protecting ancient secrets of science. Each man was said to guard one of nine books containing knowledge in areas like propaganda, physiology, microbiology, alchemy, communication, gravitation, cosmology, energy, and enlightenment. The society was intended to avoid mass destruction weapons falling into the wrong hands and to continue beneficial research over centuries in secret. The document considers if the legend could contain remnants of real ancient lost sciences from India or Atlantis. It concludes the story serves as