Wonders, Mysteries and Misconceptions in Indian Astronomy – IV

In the previous article we read about a rather peculiar puzzle, namely, the fact that the greatest technical works of Indian astronomy are all attributed to divine origin, having no professed human authors. In More...

Wonders, Mysteries and Misconceptions in Indian Astronomy- II

In the previous article we read about one of the great misconceptions in Indian astronomy, namely, the tilt or obliquity of the earth’s axis, and how the European colonial scholars of yesteryear managed to obfuscate More...

The Hijacking of Indian Astronomy- I

Nearly a hundred years ago, English historian George Rusby Kaye remarked that “the History of Indian Astronomy has a considerable history of its own.” He was referring, of course, to the greatly fluctuating More...

The Scientific Dating of the Ramayana

Did Rama exist? A billion Hindus believe he did and an unbroken tradition of Rama worship has continued for thousands of years in India. Rama is also a hero in Indonesia (despite it being a Muslim country), Thailand More...

Possible parallels in a meteorological tradition from India and South America

Research by Orlove, Cane and Chiang on the native weather forecasters in the mountains of Peru and Bolivia has brought to light an interesting tidbit of traditional knowledge [1]. The traditional crop of these regions More...