India bears the title of the oldest culture in the world, its first human settlements date back at least 9,000 years ago, later settling in the entire Indus Valley. In this area, two important historical cities arose: Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro. Astra and Vimana also appeared here - crushing weapons and flying ships of antiquity.
The four most important religions of the world were born in India: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism. After the more than likely Aryan invasion (1000-500 BC), the Vedic period began, in which the foundations of Hinduism were established. Hinduism is the third most important religion in the world, after Christianity and Islam, with nearly 1,000,000 believers.
Hinduism is viewed as a collection of metaphysics, religion, various cults, customs and rituals, constituting a tradition where there are no clearly expressed unique dogmas. A mixture of the beliefs of numerous peoples from different regions who have settled in the Ganges basin and have been written as revelations in various Vedic scriptures and other sacred books.
The main holy texts are the four "Vedas" (literally: "knowledge"). But Hinduism has many historically important sacred texts, where we highlight two: the Ramayana (the epic story of the king-god Rama) and the epic poem Mahabharata. Two texts in which we find numerous references to Vimana (mainly in the Ramayana) and Astra (in both).
VIMANS: AIRCRAFT OF ANCIENT INDIA
Throughout human history, countless stories have been told of strange objects flying through the sky and carrying gods or even humans. Vivid examples are the flying carpets of Arabia, or the fiery chariot that lifts Elijah into heaven.
The texts of the ancients report about sky ships in the form of bubbles or pearls, capable of moving people at an incredible speed, which appeared in Kanchur (a thousand-year-old Tibetan book, a minimum part was deciphered). And of course the Vimanas, mythical flying machines described in ancient Hindu literature.
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There are numerous and extensive references to these truly amazing ships, widely used in wars between gods, humans, and other characters in mythology.
Flying devices are often described in different sizes and shapes. They can appear as luminous spheres, be a chariot or carriage of the gods. We see them as mythical airships, equipped with a seat or throne, but in all cases carrying passengers by air.
RAMAYANA ABOUT VIMAN
The vimanas were shaped like a ball and floated across the sky with strong winds. Thus, the people on board the Vimanas were able to travel long distances in a remarkably short amount of time. Delightful flying machines were built from metals, wood, mirrors, copper, magnets and other materials.
Despite the seemingly abundance of technical information about the Wimans, practically nothing can be firmly said about the propellers of the device, except for a revolutionary idea - these were vortex mercury installations. An example of Vimana, much more relevant and alien to Hindu culture, can be, for example, the flying island "Laputa".
Laputa is an imaginary artificial island described in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Campaigns, with the amazing characteristic that it can fly. Laputa had a diamond base floating in the air with a giant magnet. This natural arrangement allowed the inhabitants to direct the island in any direction.
According to the ancient writings of India, the vimanas were divided into 4 main classes: rukma, tripura, sakuna and sundara. These, in turn, have been subdivided into 113 other subclasses. Hindu literature mentions indestructible flying artifacts with invisibility, and night vision technologies capable of scanning sounds and images of other aircraft, including enemy ones.
In Samarangana Sutradhara we can also find descriptions of speeds, many technical details of Vimana's design and instructions on how to maneuver and use fuel correctly.
But again, either these are all our wrong interpretations and interpretations, or we just have to throw up our hands - these are technologies that are too advanced for us! While many scholars agree, these ancient texts are not a chimera, they are simply unknown technologies that are difficult for us to accept.
The Ramayana, for its part, adds:
With these methods you can build a large Vimana, like a temple … Inside there should be four mercury installations. When heated by controlled fire, Vimana develops the power of thunder through mercury … the fire goes to the top, it develops great strength with the roar of a lion and Vimana immediately becomes a pearl in the sky.
A strong and durable body should be made, like a large flying bird, of lightweight material. A mercury engine with an iron heater underneath should be placed inside it. With the help of the force hidden in the mercury, the vortex impeller sets in motion, lifting the device into the heavens … Agree, these are very strange descriptions of flying machines, especially considering the age of the texts.
Ramayana tells about the adventures of Rama, one of the incarnations of the god Vishnu, the patron saint of humanity. Written in Sanskrit and composed of 24,000 verses divided into 7 volumes, the fascinating work is attributed to the Hindu sage Valmiki, who was supposed to write the work around the third century BC.
The epic tells about the fierce battle of Rama against the asuras (the age of civilization is about 10 million years, the asuras are also called demons, anti-gods), who desired domination over the world. They seemed to be analogous to the Nephilim represented in the Book of Enoch. Opposite them were the devas: benevolent deities whose name comes from the word protoindoeuropea deiwos - "heavenly" or "bright."
With a little distraction, note that Asuras in mythology appear as wise creatures who have mastered the mystery of magic - they could become invisible and even take on various images. The Asuras possessed countless treasures in the underworld, and three fortified cities floated in the sky - iron, silver and gold.
But once, proud of their own power and wisdom, the asuras turned to evil, seeking dominion over the world, and happiness turned away from them. Indra, the leader of the gods, defeated them in battles, and the formidable god Rudra, the offspring of an angry Brahma, incinerated the magical castles of heaven, casting down the giants from heaven.
ASTRA: WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION OF THE GODS
Astra appears before us as a supernatural weapon used by a particular deity. The mastery or use of a weapon required knowledge of a mantra or invocation, although with some Asters knowledge of his mantra was insufficient: it had to be received directly from the hand of the deity as a gift.
Each Astra had special terms of use, and violation of the terms could be fatal. Due to the gigantic destructive power of this weapon, his knowledge was passed from teacher to student exclusively orally.
Astras plays a very important role in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, where they are used in great battles by archers such as Rama, Karna or Bhishma. In fact, there is a suspicion that, as in the case of the Vimanas, some Asters work on the basis of mercury, or very similar liquids, which can circulate, rotating at almost the speed of light.
There are several dozen different Astra, according to their "operating model" and characteristics. Each main god had its own Astra, endowed with a certain power. For example, Devastra was the mythical equivalent of the modern traditional rocket; The Asurastra that destroyed the asuras was the mythical equivalent of modern biological missiles.
Many say that 30,000 years ago the gods destroyed the asuras with nuclear weapons - but this is most likely a matter of opinions and interpretation of ancient texts in the modern sense. Also mentioned is the fearsome and destructive Brahmastra, the gift of Brahma (the Creator), the mythical equivalent of modern nuclear weapons. As mentioned in the epic sagas of India, the power of Brahmaster is capable of destroying the entire world.
This is how the Mahabharata (Vanaparvan, chapters 168-173) describes the battle in which the warrior Arjuna - the great hero - fought against the horde of Asura:
Indra, the lord of heaven, demanded that Arjuna destroy the entire army of the Asuras. These thirty million demons lived in fortresses deep in the seas. Indra, the lord of heaven, gave his own vimana to Arjuna, piloted by his dexterous assistant Matali.
In the fierce battle that unfolded, the Asuras caused crushing rains, but Arjuna marched against them with a divine weapon that managed to drain all the water … Arjuna fired a deadly projectile that destroyed the entire city of the proud.
Finally
The Mahabharata is probably the longest epic poem in history and is considered by Hindus to be the true history of the world. It is believed to have been written in the third century BC. Although some authors refer the stories cited to the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. It contains astronomical data and knowledge about politics, religion and philosophy, among many other subjects.
Mahabharata means "The Great War of India" and this is the essence of this complex and extensive text based on a dynastic struggle between two branches of the same family.
Much of the narrative describes the individual battles of different heroes on both sides, military formations, war diplomacy, meetings and speeches between heroes and commanders, and a description of the weapons they use and how they fight, using extremely advanced technologies.
It is technology that confuses us: how could thoughts about flying devices and the principles of their operation appear in so-called mythology - while flying machines were divided into different classes. Who prompted the author of the epic to think about devastating weapons - tactical and strategic …
Don't you think that in our historical past there have been too many strange events that are rejected by the generally accepted history?
