Chanakya on warfare technology

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Yep…sure! Indeed interesting.

Imagine…“planes which can not be destroyed by any external force, could be motionless in the sky and even invisible to enemy planes."

I wonder as to what script these ancient manuscripts are written in …should be Sanskrit I guess…..then it shouldn’t be that hard to decode?

I've always been fascinated by our ancient culture and literature which actually surprisingly deals with number of scientific questions. They were well aware of different sciences at that time ...Astronomy, Geometry, Phonetics, Metrics, Grammar, Medicine, Politics and so on...Amazing!!

..And yes, not to forget the archaeological remains which prove the existence of highly dveloped urban civilization in ancient India.
 
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People often say that Ramayan and Mahabharat are nothing just mythological as there is no archeological proof for the type of weapon system being used. I have been debating the issue for a long time in my mind. My final conclusion has been that they made extensive use of environment friendly materials for warfare. One such material is bamboo which finds extensive applications right from making bows and arrows to simple rockets. Let us not forget that bamboo fibre was used even by Thomas Edison in his famous electric bulb.

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There is an observation which I would like to bring in limelight here.

Isn’t the practices which were an integral part of Indian culture especially not the modern India are catching up here in the west? To be honest I’ve thought of this before as well, numerous times. Those of you who are here this side of Pacific I’m sure must have felt the same way.

Ayurveda, yoga ( the main source being ‘vedas’), tattoos ( I remember my grandma used to have it…a typical peacock image imprinted on her arm), body piercing (we have most of our women folks with ear and nose pierced…even men used to have their ears pierced…can be seen in the documentary videos based on ancient Indian lit...)…these are ‘in-thing’ here!

I have an american friend and I was stunned to see his knowledge of ‘Gita’, ‘Ramayan’( he remembered even the names correctly except for ‘shrupnkha’… :) ) and other Indian epics and especially their curiosity for the ‘spiritual land’.

Not to forget the popularity of ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ to discover the wisdom and tranquility that lie within.

Would love to hear if someone can shed more light on this!

[I’m sorry for the digression of the essence of the thread but couldn’t stop writing down the thoughts flashing in my mind.]
 
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This article is very interesting but the writer seems to be making fun of the claims, probabily specifically choosing the ones, which seems difficult.

You may listen to Ravi Shankar views about ancient indian culture (music) and it's interpretation in the west here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/4131242.stm

Amritya Sen also present an interesting point in the same program about the misconception about india outside and the indian people taking refuse in the religion to create self identity when the west was inventing things.

Yoga, Hare rama hare krishna, bhagvat gita and other oriental phelosophy were I think popularized by the hippy culture in 70's. (the drug culture). It also became a big business as many cult gurus exploited this interest. Yoga is extremly very popular as an health suppliment.

But some of them are definetely very serious and have genuine interest and understanding about it. Like universities have academic interest in oriental religion and phelosophy.
 
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Oh God, this is scary. I was shocked to see that everything was made of some or the other animal organ. Aren’t we Hindus non-violent people who believe in reincarnation and appreciate life in all of its forms?
How Chanakya being a Brahmin himself could kill animals, this is sort of a very non-Hindu approach. I don’t know what to say, I hope Indian army stops this cruel experiment that would save so many animal lives, which are already dwindling. This all sounded so cruel to me, and I am also curious to know that if these things were so effective then how could Chanakya being so great himself could not prevent Alexander's victory. The major cause for the rise of Chandragupta Maurya was the fact that Indian kings had suffered major losses due to Alexander. And I feel BBC itself put it as a sort of joke or something.
 
Good Article

The experiments if successful would certainly give edge to our troops, specially the Infantry.

Dear Amit,

I value your sentiments, but experiments have to be carried out. We all Hindus are suppose to be non - violent but then we need to defend ourselves as well. Both Rama and Krishna fought the war where so many were killed. We all know they were all Hindus. Thus killing has to be seen with the purpose. If it helps the humanity then probably it is justified.

Poonam Ji,

Your observations are right. The life is the name of changes. As we in India adopting the Western Culture so is the West showing interests in our old traditions. This is a good sign and will bring the races closer I guess.

The article is good, the project is also good, but many a times the DRDO had spent tonnes of money without any results. I guess some it also get siphoned for not allocated uses as well.
 
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