Science and Technology in Mahabharata

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About the Book The study of Mahabharata, the only surviving historical document, enables one to know about the scientific and cultural legacy of great India. This paper tries to unravel the scientific and technological advancement of India at the age of Mahabharata, ie. 5000 years ago when Indian civilization was at its pinnacle. This study would help the proper portrayal of India's past scientific achievements thereby recognizing of India's contribution to the world civilization in science and technology.

About the Author Prof Ravi Prakash Arya is a world-renowned Vedic Scholar, Philologist historian. and philosopher He is a prolific speaker and writer. He is a widely traveled scholar who has delivered more than 350 popular and academic talks on various topics of the Vedas. Indian History Linguistics, Philosophy, Culture and Scientific Indian heritage in various countries of the world. He is doing pioneering work for preserving and propagating the universal and scientific Vedic heritage of india under the auspices of the Indian Foundation for Vedic Science. He has to his credit 75 research papers and 70 books running into 84 volumes on the various aspects of Vedas, Vedic Sciences, Vedic Exegesis Vedic Philology. Vedic Philosophy, Religion. Indian History and Culture. He is the Chief Editor of a quarterly Research Journal Vedic Science dealing with the scientific interpretation of Vedas & Allied literature and ancient Indian traditions This Journal is acclaimed as an authoritative document on Vedic Sciences He is also the editor of the annual World Vedic Calendar He has convented several national and International conferences seminars and workshop.

Introduction The Mahabharata is the turning point not only in the history of India but in the history of the whole world. The Mahabharata war was a death stroke to the Indian scientific advancement, prosperity and glory. Before this catastrophe, Indian civilisation was in full vigour. The Mahabharata war was India's loss and world's gain. This war deprived India of her highly advanced science and technology due to mass scale destruction of her great men in the war and mass scale migration of those skilled men survived the war to the various parts of the globe. Thus India's greatness began to decline and the entire western world received in colonists the seeds of their future scientific advancement and greatness. The Mahabharata was so fraught with worldwide consequences. Mr. Pococke (the author of India in Greece, p. 26) has so rightly remarked on this fact. According to him, "But, perhaps, in no similar instance have events occurred fraught with consequences of such magnitude, as those flowing from the great religious war which, for a long series of years, raged throughout the length and breadth of India. That contest ended by the expulsion of vast bodies of men, many of them skilled in the arts of early civilisation and still greater numbers warriors by profession.

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