amianns Heard at science meet: Ancient Idan panes flew t planes - The Times of Inca Pramatom ‘THE TIMES OF INDIA. Heard at science meet: Ancient Indian planes flew to planets ‘MUMBAI: Indians bad mastered aviation thousand of years before the Wright brothers, claimed ‘controversial paper presented atthe soand Indian Science Congress here ot Sunday, Ancient aviation, as deseribed by Maharshi Bharachwaja, was more advanced than modern day technology, said the paper presented by Captain Anand Bods and Ameya Jadhav. "The knowledge of aeronautics is described in Sanskrit in 100 sections, eight chapters, 500 principles and 3,000 verses. In ‘the modern day, only 100 principles are avaiable,” stated the paper, Bocas said Maharishi Bharedwaj spoke 7,000 years ago of "aeroplanes which travel rom one country to another, oe continent 1 another and one planet co another, He meationed 97 reference books for ‘aipuatono the fea Indian Seance "Sanskrit had a huge science repository’ “Indians had developed 20 types of sharp instruments and 101 blunt ones for surgeries, which largely resemble the moder surgical instruments. Vakrutaapahan, retaining the original coloar and texture ofthe skin after a surgery is one ofthe soven post-operative treatment steps fr abscess. The process i not so common in the modern surgical practices," said a paper presented atthe 1oand Indian Science Congress in Mumbai on Sunday. READ ALSO: Pythagoras's theorem actually an Indian discovery, Vardhan says, Potrait of Pythagoras of Samos (cirea 570 to 495 BC), Fonian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the religious movement called Puthagoreanism. (Via Getty Images) ‘Ancient Indian engineers had adequate knowledge of Indian botany and they effectively used it in their constructions, sid professor of civil ceagineering from Nagpur, AS Nene, in his paper. ‘Most of the solars who presented thelr papers on Sunay appealed to young Indian scientists and researchers to Took at ancient Sanskrit iterature and derive advanced methodologies from them, Rajan Welakar, Mumbai University’ vice-chancellor, said that "one shoulda less ook atthe Vedas, but need not accep it. Vijay hata, acclaimed Indian scents, mentioned that “Indians ar so used tothe slave mentality that we wll only need foreign nation to acknowledge the vast sonree of Information, Once they do it, we wil flow". Union minister Prakash Javadekar, the chief guest at the event, claimed that he usually starts his day by watching the news in Sanskrit. He said chose Inleresed in pursuing knowledge don't soe what the source is, ar how old itis, He said everything that i old may not he gold, but all hat is olds also nota waste READ ALSO: Don't debunk ancient science, Tharoor says Javadekar said the scientific community gathered atthe Congres should pay attention to the source material available in Sanskrit and uset for Detterment of hrmanity. He wondered why when Germany could make use of ancient Indian concepts and adapt them to produce cutting edge inventions, India could not do tpt mesofnda ind atimes.convindaVeardat-science-meet Ancient Indian planes- few to-planetsarcleshow 45754349 cms?ortpage=1 18amianns Heard at science meet: Ancient Idan panes flew t planes - The Times of Inca ‘0, He sid India is lacking in innovation and research, but if the gaps are filled we can work and grow well The topic on ancient sciences was incorporated in the Science Congress fr the first time onthe insistence of Sanskrit scholars, said Gauri Mahulkar, thea ofthe Sans: department, Mumbai University. "We believed that Sanskrit also hada huge scence repository and it shoulé be brought before the scientists, They shouldbe open minded and not have an orthodox outlook to thisliterature. This is just a thought, i shouldbe followed by a date and {hea experimentation, We eannot do rescarch as we are not scientists. Thal is why we appeal tothe science fraternity to take this knowledge forward,” ssid Mahlon. But the idea of peeudo-science’ has not gone down well with academicians and sientiss. An Tn seents from tbe US, who attended the session out of curiosity, sid, "Knowledge always grows, its low never stops. So ifall this knowledge was available inthe ancient days, need to know where it stopped. Why did fil to grow? Why was there no advancement? When di it stop? Iam not aware ofthe chronology of event, but {am definitly willing to lesm more and find out” READ ALSO: After vedic aeronautics, vedic surgery ‘An exhibit shows ancient Indian Susruta surgery ofthe Science and Technology Heritage Exhibition in New Deli, on October 28, 000, (Getty Images fie photo) Another expert pointed out that scientist always needs to be sepicl "IE these texts and literatures were available, why was nothing put together using Uae ancient technology? If something was made in substan would have been easy to believe,” he added. {An online petition started by @ NASA scents, whieh i signed by aver 200 scientists, opposed one ofthe lectures inthe larger context of increasing attempts in Coda to mix mythology with science, with the recent example of PM Narencn Modi calling Lord Ganesha a prodict of ancient India’s knowledge of plastic surgery READ ALSO: Fears grow about Hindu 'Modi-fleation' of education The petition sid, "We a a sientifie community should be seriously concerned about the infiltration of peeudo-seience in wience curtiula with the backing of influential politcal partes" Read thisin Hindi: gitar gar — cart ear # ys fe a we ae ‘Sta spdatadon the gowith The Tins oad’ mobile aps, Clk ele downland for your eaves, tpt mesofna ind atimes.convindlaleareat-science-meet Ancient India planes-few-to-planetsartcleshow 46754349 cmsprtpagamianns From Around the Web + Why are cancer patients traveling to Arizona? 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