Scientific Verification of Vedic Knowledge: Archaeology Online

by David Osborn

(Scientific Verification Video available as a DVD from Devavision.com orAmazon.com).

A vast number of statements and materials presented in the ancient Vedic literatures can be shown to agree with modern scientific findings and they also reveal a highly developed scientific content in these literatures. The great cultural wealth of this knowledge is highly relevant in the modern world.

Sejumlah besar laporan dan bahan yang disajikan dalam literatur Veda kuno dapat ditampilkan sesuai dengan temuan ilmiah modern dan Veda juga mengungkapkan konten ilmiah yang sangat berkembang di literatur ini. Kekayaan budaya pengetahuan yang besar  ini sangat relevan dalam dunia modern.

Techniques used to show this agreement include:

Teknik yang digunakan untuk menunjukkan kesesuaian ini meliputi:

• Marine Archaeology of underwater sites (such as Dvaraka)
• Satellite imagery of the Indus-Sarasvata River system,
• Carbon and Thermoluminiscence Dating of archaeological artifacts
• Scientific Verification of Scriptural statements
• Linguistic analysis of scripts found on archaeological artifacts
• A Study of cultural continuity in all these

• Arkeologi kelautan situs bawah air (seperti Kerajaan Dwaraka)
• Citra satelit dari sistem sungai Indus-Sarasvata 
• Karbon dan Thermoluminiscence Penanggalan Usia artefak arkeologi
• Verifikasi ilmiah laporan Naskah Kitab-kitab
• Analisis linguistik dari skrip (Naskah) ditemukan tentang artefak arkeologi
• Studi kontinuitas budaya di semua kategori ini.

Introduction (Pengantar)

Early indologists wished to control & convert the followers of Vedic Culture, therefore they widely propagated that the Vedas were simply mythology.

Max Muller, perhaps the most well known early sanskritist and indologist, although later in life he glorified the Vedas, initially wrote that the “Vedas were worse than savage” and “India must be conquered again by education… it’s religion is doomed”

Max Muller, mungkin ahli bahasa sanskritist dan indologi awal yang paling terkenal d, meskipun di kemudian hari ia memuliakan Veda, awalnya ia menulis bahwa “Veda yang lebih buruk daripada kebiadaban” dan “India harus ditaklukkan kembali oleh pendidikan …  agama itu seperti tempurung”

Thomas Macaulay, who introduced English education into India wanted to make the residents into a race that was: “Indian in blood and color, but English in taste, in opinion, in morals, and in intellect.” 

Thomas Macaulay, yang memperkenalkan pendidikan bahasa Inggris ke India ingin membuat warga menjadi balapan yang: “India dalam darah dan warna, tetapi bahasa Inggris dalam rasa, menurut pendapat, dalam moral, dan kecerdasan.”

However, the German Philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer stated that the Sanskrit understanding of these Indologists was like that of young schoolboys.

Namun, Jerman Filsuf Arthur Schopenhauer menyatakan bahwa pemahaman bahasa Sansakerta para  Indologis  ini  sadalah seperti anak  sekolah yang masih muda .

These early Indologists:

• Devised the Aryan Invasion theory, denying India’s Vedic past
• They taught that the English educational system is superior
• They intentionally misinterpreted sanskrit texts to make the Vedas look primitive.
• And they systematically tried to make Indians ashamed of their own culture
• Thus the actions of these indologists seems to indicate that they were motivated by a racial bias.

Innumerable archaeological findings and their analysis have recently brought the Aryan Invasion Theory into serious question. This theory is still taught as fact in many educational systems despite much contrary evidence.

The Aryan Invasion Theory Defined

• Vedic Aryans entered India between 1,500 and 1,200 B.C.
• They conquered the native Dravidian culture by virtue of their superiority due to their horses & iron weapons
• They Imported the Vedic culture and it’s literatures.
• This Aryan Invasion Theory, however, deprives the inhabitants of India of their Vedic heritage. The wealth of their culture came from foreign soil.

Teor Invvasi Arya Ditetapkan

• Vedic Aryan memasuki India antara 1.500 dan 1.200 SM
• Mereka menaklukkan budaya Dravida asli berdasarkan keunggulan mereka karena kuda-kuda & senjata besi mereka 
• Mereka mengimpor budaya Veda dan literaturnya.
• Invasi Teori Arya ini, bagaimanapun, menghalangi penduduk India dari warisan Veda mereka. Kekayaan budaya mereka datang dari tanah asing.

The Aryan Invasion Theory raises an interesting dilemna called Frawleys Paradox: On the one hand we have the vast Vedic Literature without any archaeological finds associated with them and on the other hand, we have 2,500 archaeological sites from the Indus-Sarasvata civilization without any literature associated with them.

Teori Invasi/penyerbuan bangsa Arya ke India menimbulkan dilemna menarik yang disebut Frawleys Paradox: Di satu sisi kita memiliki   Sastra Veda yang luas tanpa ada temuan arkeologis yang terkait dengan mereka dan di sisi lain, kita memiliki 2.500 situs arkeologi dari peradaban Indus-Sarasvata tanpa ada literatur terkait dengan mereka.

A preponderance of contemporary evidence now seems to indicate that these are one and the same cultures. This certainly eliminates this paradox and makes perfect sense, to an unbiased researcher.

Sebuah bukti dominan  kontemporer sekarang tampaknya menunjukkan bahwa ini adalah satu dan budaya yang sama. Hal ini tentu menghilangkan paradoks ini dan masuk akal, untuk seorang peneliti berisi yang tak bias.

Facts which cast serious doubt on the Aryan Invasion Theory

• There is no evidence of an Aryan homeland outside of India mentioned anywhere in the Vedas. On the contrary, the Vedas speak of the mighty Sarasvati River and other places indigenous to India. To date, no evidence for a foreign intrusion has been found, neither archaeological, linguistic, cultural nor genetic.
• There are more than 2,500 Archaeological sites, two-thirds of which are along the recently discovered dried up Sarasvati River bed. These sites show a cultural continuity with the Vedic literature from the early Harrapan civilization up to the present day India.

Fakta serius yang meragukan  Teori Invasi  Arya

• Tidak ada bukti dari tanah air Arya di luar India yang disebutkan di mana saja di Kitab Weda. Sebaliknya, Veda berbicara tentang Sungai Sarasvati perkasa dan tempat-tempat lain asli India. Sampai saat ini, tidak ada bukti untuk intrusi asing telah ditemukan, tidak arkeologi, linguistik, budaya atau genetik.
• Ada lebih dari 2.500 situs arkeologi, dua-pertiga dari yang berada di sepanjang sungai Saraswati yang mengering dasarnya baru ditemukan. Situs ini menunjukkan kontinuitas budaya dengan literatur Veda dari awal peradaban Harrapan hingga India hari ini .

The archaeological sites along the dried up Sarasvati River basin are represented by black dots.

• Several independent studies of the drying up of the Sarasvati River bed, all indicate the same time period of 1,900 B.C.E.
• The significance of establishing this date for the drying up of the Sarasvati River is, that it pushes the date for the composition of the Rig Veda back to approximately 3,000 B.C.E., as enunciated by the Vedic tradition itself.
• The late dating of the Vedic literatures by indologists is based on speculated dates of 1,500 B.C.E. for the Aryan Invasion and 1,200 B.C.E. for the Rig Veda, both now disproved by scientific evidence.

Situs arkeologi di sepanjang kering basin Sungai Sarasvati yang diwakili oleh titik-titik hitam.

• Beberapa penelitian independen dari pengeringan dasar sungai Sarasvati semua menunjukkan periode waktu yang sama dari 1.900 B.C.E.
• Penanggalan signifikan yang mapan  untuk waktu pengeringan dari Sungai Sarasvati ini adalah, bahwa hal itu mendorong tanggal untuk sesuai dengan komposisi Rig Veda kembali ke sekitar 3.000 SM, seperti dikatakan oleh tradisi Veda itu sendiri.
• Tanggal akhir dari literatur Veda oleh Indologis berdasarkan spekulasi penanggalan 1.500 SM untuk  Invasi Arya dan 1.200 SM untuk penyusunan Kitab Rig Veda, keduanya sekarang dibantah oleh bukti ilmiah.

Max Muller, the principal architect of the Aryan Invasion theory, admitted the purely speculative nature of his Vedic chronology, and in his last work published shortly before his death, The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy, he wrote: “Whatever may be the date of the Vedic hymns, whether 15 hundred or 15,000 B.C.E., they have their own unique place and stand by themselves in the literature of the world.”

Max Muller, arsitek utama dari teori Aryan Invasionb ini, mengakui sifat spekulatif murni dari kronologi Veda, dan dalam karya terakhirnya diterbitkan tak lama sebelum kematiannya, Enam Sistem Filsafat India, ia menulis: “Apa pun yang mungkin mengenai tanggal himne Weda, apakah 1500 SM atau 15.000 SM, mereka memiliki tempat yang unik mereka sendiri dan berdiri sendiri dalam literatur dunia. “

The Vedic Culture is indigenous to India

It can be scientifically proven that the Vedic Culture is indigenous, through archaeology, the study of cultural continuity, by linguistic analysis, and genetic research.

For example, the language and symbolism found on the Harappan seals are very Vedic. We find the Om symbol, the leaf of the Asvatta or holy banyan tree, as well as the swastika, or sign of auspiciousness, mentioned throughout the Vedas. Om is mentioned in the Mundaka and Katha Upanisads as well as the Bhagavad Gita.

Budaya Veda  adalah asli India

Hal ini dapat dibuktikan secara ilmiah bahwa Budaya Veda adalah adat asli, melalui arkeologi, studi kontinuitas budaya, dengan analisis linguistik, dan penelitian genetik.

Misalnya, bahasa dan simbolisme yang ditemukan di segel (stempel) Harappa (gambar di atas) sangat berciri Veda. Kami menemukan simbol Om, daun dari Asvatta atau pohon beringin (Banyan) suci, serta swastika, atau tanda keberuntungan, disebutkan seluruh Veda. Om disebutkan di Mundaka dan Katha Upanisad serta Bhagavad Gita.

The Holy Asvatta tree is mentioned in the Aitareya and Satapata Brahmanas as well as the Taittiriya Samhita and KatyayanaSmrti.

Pohon Kudus  Asvatta  yang disebutkan dalam Aitareya dan Satapata Brahmana serta Taittiriya Samhita dan KatyayanaSmrti.

The pictoral script of these Harappan seals has been deciphered as consistently Vedic and termed “Proto-brahmi,” as a pre-sanskrit script.

Tulisan naskah pictoral  di segel Harappa ini elah diuraikan secara konsisten berciri Veda dan disebut “Proto-Brahmi,” sebagai naskah pra-sansekerta.

This piece of pottery from the lowest level of Harappan excavations with pre-harappan writing is deciphered as ila vartate vara, referring to the sacred land bounded by the Sarasvati River, described in the Rig Veda.

Bagian dari tembikar Ini dari tingkat terendah dari penggalian Harappa dengan tulisan pra-Harappa adalah diuraikan sebagai ila vartate vara, mengacu ke tanah suci yang dibatasi oleh Sungai Sarasvati,sedbagaimana  dijelaskan dalam Rig Veda.

Additionally, other archaeological finds are culturally consistent, such as the dancing girl, whose bracelets are similar to those worn by women of Northwest India today as well asthe three stone Siva Lingas found in Harappa by M. S. Vats in 1940. The worship of the Siva Linga is mentioned in the Maha Narayana Upanisad of the Yajur Veda and is still ardently practiced today.

Selain itu, temuan arkeologis lain adalah budaya yang konsisten , seperti gadis menari, yang gelang tangannya mirip dengan yang dikenakan oleh wanita dari  India Barat Laut saat ini serta tiga batu Siva Linga ditemukan di Harappa oleh M. S. Vats pada tahun 1940. Pemujaan Siva Lingga disebutkan dalam Maha Narayana Upanisad dari Yajur Veda dan masih rajin dipraktekkan hari ini.

The Vedas were maligned by early indologists because of their disagreement with their Eurocentric colonialists world view, a view which produced and depended on the Aryan Invasion Theory. The fact that the Aryan Invasion Theory has been seriously challenged recently by scholars and indologists, adds credence to the Vedas as viable, accurate and indigenous sources of information.

Veda yang difitnah oleh para Indologis awal karena ketidaksetujuan mereka, karena pandangan dunia penjajah Eurocentric  mereka, pandangan yang diproduksi dan tergantung pada Teori Invasi Arya. Fakta bahwa Invasi Teori Arya telah ditentang serius baru-baru ini oleh para sarjana dan Indologis, menambah kepercayaan kepada Weda sebagai sumber yang layak, akurat dan informasi asli pribumi .

Satellite imagery of the Dried Up Sarasvati River Basin

Using modern scientific methods, such as satellite imagery and dating techniques, it can be shown that the ancient statements of the Vedas are factual, not mythical as erroneously propagated. High resolution satellite images have verified descriptions in The Rig Veda of the descent of the ancient Sarasvati River from it’s source in the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea.

Citra satelit dari kering Up Sarasvati River Basin

Dengan menggunakan metode ilmiah modern, seperti citra satelit dan teknik penanggalan, dapat ditunjukkan bahwa pernyataan kuno dalam Veda yang faktual, tidak Mythical sebagai mana yang secara keliru disebarkan. Citra satelit resolusi tinggi telah memverifikasi deskripsi di The Rig Veda tentang turunnya Sungai kuno Sarasvati  dari sumbernya di Himalaya ke Laut Arab. 

“Pure in her course from the mountains to the ocean, alone of streams Sarasvati hath listened.”

The mighty Sarasvati River and it’s civilization are referred to in the Rig Veda more than fifty times, proving that the drying up of the Sarasvati River was subsequent to the origin of the Rig Veda, pushing this date of origin back into antiquity, casting further doubt on the imaginary date for the so-called Aryan Invasion.

“Murni dalam alirannya dari pegunungan ke laut, aliran  dari sungai Sarasvati sendiri dapat mendengarkan.”

Sungai  Sarasvati yangf Perkasa danperadabannya  itu disebut dalam Kitab Rig Veda lebih dari lima puluh kali, membuktikan bahwa pengeringan dari Sungai Sarasvati adalah kelanjutan dengan asal Rig Veda, mendorong penanggalan ini kembali ke asal jaman dahulu, keraguan lebih lanjut terhadap penanggalan imajiner terhadap apa yang disebut Aryan Invasion (Penyerbuan oleh Bangsa Arya).

The Satellite image (above) clearly shows the Indus-Sarasvata river system extending from the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea. Here the Indus River is on the left, outlined in blue, while the Sarasvati River basin is outlined in green. The black dots are the many archeological sites or previous settlements along the banks of the now dry Sarasvati River.

Gambar satelit (atas) jelas menunjukkan sistem sungai Indus-Sarasvata yang membentang dari Pegunungan Himalaya ke Laut Arab. Berikut Sungai Indus adalah di sebelah kiri, diuraikan dengan warna biru, sedangkan cekungan Sungai Sarasvati diuraikan dalam warna hijau. Titik-titik hitam adalah banyak situs arkeologi atau pemukiman sebelumnya di sepanjang tepi sungai Saraswati sekarang kering.

The drying up of the Sarasvati River around 1900 B.C.E. is confirmed archaeologically. Following major tectonic movements or plate shifts in the Earth’s crust, the primary cause of this drying up was due to the capture of the Sarasvati River’s main tributaries, the Sutlej River and the Drishadvati River by other rivers.

Keringnya Sungai Sarasvati sekitar 1900 SM dikonfirmasi secara arkeologis. Mengikuti gerakan tektonik besar atau pergeseran lempeng tektonik di kerak bumi, yang penyebab utama dari pengeringan ini sampai adalah karena penangkapan anak sungai utama Sungai Sarasvati, Sungai Sutlej dan Sungai Drishadvati oleh sungai lainnya.

Although early studies, based on limited archaeological evidence produced contradictory conclusions, recent independent studies, such as that of archaeologist James Shaffer in 1993, showed no evidence of a foreign invasion in the Indus Sarasvata civilization and that a cultural continuity could be traced back for millennia.

In other words, Archaeology does not support the Aryan Invasion Theory.

Walau penelitian awal, berdasarkan bukti-bukti arkeologi terbatas yang menghasilkan kesimpulan yang bertentangan, studi independen baru-baru ini, seperti yang dari arkeolog James Shaffer pada tahun 1993, menunjukkan tidak ada bukti dari invasi asing dalam peradaban Sungai Sarasvata Indus  dan bahwa kelangsungan budaya dapat ditelusuri kembali selama ribuan tahun .

Dengan kata lain, Arkeologi tidak mendukung Teori invasi  Arya.

Evidence for the Ancient Port City of Dvaraka

Marine archaeology has also been utilized in India off the coast of the ancient port city of Dvaraka in Gujarat, uncovering further evidence in support of statements in the Vedic scriptures. An entire submerged city at Dvaraka, the ancient port city of Lord Krishna with its massive fort walls, piers, warfs and jetty has been found in the ocean as described in the Mahabharata and other Vedic literatures.

Bukti untuk Kuno Pelabuhan Kota Kerajaan Dwaraka

Arkeologi kelautan juga telah dimanfaatkan di India di lepas pantai kota pelabuhan kuno Kerajaan Dwaraka di Gujarat, yang mengungkap bukti lebih lanjut untuk mendukung pernyataan dalam kitab suci Veda. Sebuah kota yang tenggelam seluruh di Kerajaan Dwaraka, kota pelabuhan kuno Dewa Krishna dengan dinding benteng yang sangat besar, dermaga, warfs dan jetty telah ditemukan di laut seperti yang dijelaskan dalam Mahabharata dan literatur Veda lainnya.

This sanskrit verse from the Mausala Parva of theMahabharata, describes the disappearance of the city of Dvaraka into the sea.

“After all the people had set out, the ocean flooded Dvaraka, which still teemed with wealth of every kind. Whatever portion of land was passed over, the ocean immediately flooded over with its waters.”

Ayat-ayat sanskrit ini dari mosalaparwa dari KitabMahabharata, menggambarkan hilangnya kota Kerajaan Dwaraka ke dalam laut.

“Setelah semua orang telah menetapkan, laut membanjiri Kerajaan Dwaraka, yang masih dipadati dari setiap jenis kekayaan. Apapun porsi tanah yang dilewati, lautan segera membanjiri dengan airnya.”

Dr. S. R. Rao, formerly of the Archaeological Survey of India, has pioneered marine archaeology in India. Marine archaeological findings seem to corroborate descriptions in the Mahabharata of Dvaraka as a large, well-fortified and prosperous port city, which was built on land reclaimed from the sea, and later taken back by the sea. This lowering and raising of the sea level during these same time periods of the 15^th and 16^th centuries B.C.E. is also documented in historical records of the country of Bahrain.

Amongst the extensive underwater discoveries were the massive Dvaraka city wall, a large door-socket and a bastion from the fort wall.

Dr. S. R. Rao, mantan anggota Survei Arkeologi India, telah mempelopori arkeologi kelautan di India. Temuan arkeologi kelautan tampaknya untuk menguatkan deskripsi dalam Kitab Mahabharata mengenai Kerajaan Dwaraka sebagai kota pelabuhan besar, diperkaya dengan baik dan makmur, yang dibangun di atas tanah reklamasi dari laut, dan kemudian dibawa kembali oleh laut. Ini menurunkan dan menaikan permukaan laut selama periode waktu yang sama dari 15 dan abad ke-16 SM , juga didokumentasikan dalam catatan sejarah dari negara Bahrain.

Di antara penemuan bawah air yang luas yang tembok besar kota Kerajaan Dwaraka , pintu-socket besar dan benteng dari dinding benteng.

Two rock-cut slipways of varying width, extending from the beach to the intertidal zone, a natural harbor, as well as a number of olden stone ship anchors were discovered, attesting to Dvaraka being an ancient port city.

Dua potongan batu slipways (jalan) dari berbagai lebar potongan, membentang dari pantai ke zona intertidal, sebuah pelabuhan alam, serta sejumlah jangkar kapal batu kuno ditemukan, membuktikan Kerajaan Dwaraka menjadi kota pelabuhan kuno.

The three headed motif on this conch-shell seal (above), found in the Dvaraka excavations, corroborates the reference in the scripture Harivamsa that every citizen of Dvaraka should carry a mudra or seal of this type.

All these underwater excavations add further credibility to the validity of the historical statements found in the Vedic literatures.

Tiga motif kepala di kerang keong ini segel (atas), ditemukan dalam penggalian Kerajaan Dwaraka, menguatkan referensi dalam kitab suci Harivamsa bahwa setiap warga negara Kerajaan Dwaraka harus membawa mudra atau segel jenis ini.

Semua penggalian bawah laut ini menambah kredibilitas lebih lanjut untuk validitas laporan sejarah yang ditemukan di literatur Veda.

Thirty-five Archaeological Sites in North India

Apart from Dvaraka, more than thirty-five sites in North India have yielded archaeological evidence and have been identified as ancient cities described in the Mahabharata. Copper utensils, iron, seals, gold & silver ornaments, terracotta discs and painted grey ware pottery have all been found in these sites. Scientific dating of these artifacts corresponds to the non-aryan-invasion model of Indian antiquity.

Tiga puluh lima Situs Arkeologi di India Utara

Terlepas dari Kerajaan Dwaraka, lebih dari tiga puluh lima situs di India Utara telah menghasilkan bukti arkeologi dan telah diidentifikasi sebagai kota kuno yang dijelaskan dalam Kitab Mahabharata. Perkakas tembaga, besi, segel, emas & perak ornamen, cakram terakota dan dicat gudang abu-abu tembikar semuanya telah ditemukan di situs tersebut. Penanggalan ilmiah artefak tersebut sesuai dengan model invasi non-aryan- kuno India.

Furthermore, the Matsya and Vayu Puranas describe great flooding which destroyed the capital city of Hastinapur, forcing its inhabitants to relocate in Kausambi. The soil of Hastinapur reveals proof of this flooding. Archaeological evidence of the new capital of Kausambi has recently been found which has been dated to the time period just after this flood.

Selanjutnya, Kitab Matsya dan Vayu Purana menggambarkan tentang banjir besar yang menghancurkan ibukota Hastinapura, memaksa penduduknya untuk pindah di Kausambi. Tanah Hastinapura mengungkapkan bukti banjir ini. Bukti arkeologi dari modal baru Kausambi-baru ini telah ditemukan yang telah tanggal pada periode waktu setelah banjir ini.

Kurukshetra

Similarly, in Kurukshetra, the scene of the greatMahabharata war, Iron arrows and spearheads (according to some sources) have been excavated and dated by thermoluminence to 2,800 B.C.E., the approximate date of the war given within the Mahabharata itself.

Kurukshetra

Demikian pula, di Kurukshetra, adegan perang Mahabharata yang agung , panah besi dan tombak (menurut beberapa sumber) telah digali dan penanggalan oleh teknik thermoluminence ke 2.800 SM, perkiraan tanggal perang yang diberikan dalam kitab Mahabharata itu sendiri.

The Mahabharata also describes three cities given to the Pandavas, the heroes of the Mahabharata, after their exile:

Paniprastha, Sonaprastha & Indraprastha, which is Delhi’s Puranaqila. These sites have been identified and yielded pottery & antiquities, which show a cultural consistency & dating consistent for theMahabharata period, again verifying statements recorded in the Vedic literatures.

Renowned Thinkers Who Appreciated the Vedic Literatures

Although early indologists, in their missionary zeal, widely vilified the Vedas as primitive mythology, many of the worlds greatest thinkers admired the Vedas as great repositories of advanced knowledge and high thinking
Arthur Schopenhauer, the famed German philosopher and writer, wrote that: I “…encounter [in the Vedas] deep, original, lofty thoughts… suffused with a high and holy seriousness.”

The well-known early American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, read the Vedas daily. Emerson wrote: “I owed a magnificent day to the Bhagavat-Gita”

Henry David Thoreau said: “In the morning I bathe my intellect in the stupendous philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita… in comparison with which… our modern world and its literature seems puny and trivial.”

So great were Emerson and Thoreau’s appreciation of Vedantic literatures that they became known as the American transcendentalists. Their writings contain many thoughts from Vedic Philosophy.

Other famous personalities who spoke of the greatness of the Vedas were: Alfred North Whitehead (British mathematician, logician and philosopher), who stated that: “Vedanta is the most impressive metaphysics the human mind has conceived.”

Julius Robert Oppenheimer, the principle developer of the atomic bomb, stated that “The Vedas are the greatest privilege of this century.” During the explosion of the first atomic bomb, Oppenheimer quoted several Bhagavad-gita verses from the 11th chapter, such as:

“Death I am, cause of destruction of the worlds…”

When Oppenheimer was asked if this is the first nuclear explosion, he significantly replied: “Yes, in modern times,” implying that ancient nuclear explosions may have previously occurred.
Lin Yutang, Chinese scholar and author, wrote that: “India was China’s teacher in trigonometry, quadratic equations, grammar, phonetics… ” and so forth.

Francois Voltaire stated: “… everything has come down to us from the banks of the Ganges.”

From these statements we see that many renowned intellectuals believed that the Vedas provided the origin of scientific thought.

The Iron Pillar of Delhi

The Vedic literatures contain descriptions of advanced scientific techniques, sometimes even more sophisticated than those used in our modern technological world.

Modern metallurgists have not been able to produce iron of comparable quality to the 22 foot high Iron Pillar of Delhi, which is the largest hand forged block of iron from antiquity.

This pillar stands at mute testimony to the highly advanced scientific knowledge of metallurgy that was known in ancient India.Cast in approximately the 3rd century B.C., the six and a half ton pillar, over two millennia has resisted all rust and even a direct hit by the artillary of the invading army of Nadir Shah during his sacking of Delhi in 1737.

Vedic Cosmology
Vedic Cosmology is yet another ancient Vedic science which can be confirmed by modern scientific findings and this is acknowledged by well known scientists and authors, such as Carl Sagan and Count Maurice Maeterlinck, who recognized that the cosmology of the Vedas closely parallels modern scientific findings.

Carl Sagan stated, “Vedic Cosmology is the only one in which the time scales correspond to those of modern scientific cosmology.”

Nobel laureate Count Maurice Maeterlinck wrote of: “a Cosmogony which no European conception has ever surpassed.”

French astronomer Jean-Claude Bailly corroborated the antiquity and accuracy of the Vedic astronomical measurements as “more ancient than those of the Greeks or Egyptians.” And that, “the movements of the stars calculated 4,500 years ago, does not differ by a minute from the tables of today.”

The ninety foot tall astronomical instrument known as Samrat Yantra, built by the learned King Suwai Jai Singh of Jaipur, measures time to within two seconds per day.

Cosmology and other scientific accomplishments of ancient India spread to other countries along with mercantile and cultural exchanges. There are almost one hundred references in the Rig Veda alone to the ocean and maritime activity. This is confirmed by Indian historian R. C. Majumdar, who stated that the people of the Indus-Sarasvata Civilization engaged in trade with Sooma and centers of culture in western Asia and Crete.

The Heliodorus Column and Cultural Links to India

An example of these exchanges is found in the inscriptions on the Heliodorus Column, erected in 113 B.C.E. by Heliodorus, a Greek ambassador to India, and convert to Vaisnavism, as well as the 2nd century B.C.E. Coins of Agathocles, showing images of Krishna and Balaram. These artifacts stand testimony that Sanatan Dharma predates Christianity.

This also confirms the link between India and other ancient civilizations such as Greece and shows that there was a continuous exchange of culture, philosophy and scientific knowledge between India & other countries. Indeed the Greeks learned many wonderful things from India.

Vedic Mathematics

Voltaire, the famous French writer and philosopher) stated that “Pythagoras went to the Ganges to learn geometry.” Abraham Seidenberg, author of the authoritative “History of Mathematics,” credits the Sulba Sutras as inspiring all mathematics of the ancient world from Babylonia to Egypt to Greece.

As Voltaire & Seidenberg have stated, many highly significant mathematical concepts have come from the Vedic culture, such as:
The theorem bearing the name of the Greek mathematician Pythagorus is found in the Shatapatha Brahmana as well as the Sulba Sutra, the Indian mathematical treatise, written centuries before Pythagorus was born.

The Decimal system, based on powers of ten, where the remainder is carried over to the next column, first mentioned in the Taittiriya Samhita of the Black Yajurveda.

The Introduction of zero as both a numerical value and a place marker.

The Concept of infinity.

The Binary number system, essential for computers, was used in Vedic verse meters.

A hashing technique, similar to that used by modern search algorithms, such as Googles, was used in South Indian musicology. From the name of a raga one can determine the notes of the raga from this Kathapayadi system. (See Figure at left.)

For further reading we refer you to this excellent article onVedic Mathematics.

Vedic Sound and Mantras

The Vedas however are not as well known for presenting historical and scientific knowledge as they are for expounding subtle sciences, such as the power of mantras. We all recognize the power of sound itself by it’s effects, which can be quite dramatic. Perhaps we all have seen a high-pitched frequency shatter an ordinary drinking glass. Such a demonstration shows that Loud Sounds can produce substantial reactions

It is commonly believed that mantras can carry hidden power which can in turn produce certain effects. The ancient Vedic literatures are full of descriptions of weapons being called by mantra. For example, many weapons were invoked by mantra during the epic Kuruksetra War, wherein the Bhagavad-gita itself was spoken.

The ancient deployment of Brahmastra weapons, equivalent to modern day nuclear weapons are described throughout the Vedic literatures. Additionally, mantras carry hidden spiritual power, which can produce significant benefits when chanted properly. Indeed, the Vedas themselves are sound vibrations in literary form and carry a profound message. Spiritual disciplines recommend meditational practices such as silent meditation, silent recitation of mantras and also the verbal repetition of specific mantras out loud.

A Clinical Test of the Benefits of Mantra Chanting was performed on three groups of sixty-two subjects, males and females of average age 25. They chanted the Hare Krsna Maha Mantra twenty-five minutes each day under strict clinical supervision.

Results showed that regular chanting of the Hare Krsna Maha Mantra reduces Stress and depression and helps reduce bad habits & addictions. These results formed a PhD Thesis at Florida State University.

Spiritual practitioners claim many benefits from Mantra Meditation such as increased realization of spiritual wisdom, inner peace and a strong communion with God and the spiritual realm. These effects may be experienced by following the designated spiritual path.

Conclusion

Most of the evidence given in this presentation is for the apara vidya or material knowledge of the Vedic literatures. The Vedas however, are more renowned for their para vidya or spiritual knowledge. And even superior is the realized knowledge of the Vedic rsis or saints — that which is beyond the objective knowledge of modern science — knowledge of the eternal realm of sat, cit ananda, eternality, blissfullness and full knowledge. But that is another presentation.

The Scientific Verification of Vedic Knowledge is available as a more extensive video from DevaVision Video Documentaries or Amazon.com as well as a PDF chapter in Science of the Sacred. It is also available on uTube.

Source:

http://archaeologyonline.net/artifacts/scientific-verif-vedas.html

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