| Antiquity
with Prosperity:
Ramapithacus, a fossil of man's jaw
bone, found in Sarasvati river area is dated lakhs of years before
present (BP). Dr. V. S. Wakankar was very famous for his researches
in rock paintings. An American scholar working under him dated the
rock paintings in Madhya Pradesh as belonging to 35000 years BP. Dr.
E. A. V. Prasad of Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi studied
and wrote a book, 'Underground water in Varahamihir's Brihatsamhita'.
On the basis of this knowledge, he was able to spot thirty places in
the drought effected Saurashtra (Gujrat) in June 1988, where the
modern water diviners had failed and where, after drilling, they
found water at the depth he had predicted. The date of Varahamihira
is in fifth century AD In his treatise, Brihatsamhita, he has
written that he had secured the ancient books written by Manu,
Baladeva and Saraswata Muni to write his treatise. There are many
more examples like this.
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