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This design has been taken
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from a text that's at
least 1,800 years old.
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Our vehicle was showing
positive lift,
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like an aircraft would.
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So the information contained
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in the ancient texts
is indeed accurate.
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Now, this is a vast medical text
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and it's considered
the foundation
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of traditional Indian medicine.
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Oh, so this is the basis
for Ayurvedic medicine?
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Yes. This book was written
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more than a 100 years
before Hippocrates,
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the father of modern medicine.
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Incredible.
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There is information
about science,
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technology, and medicine
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preserved in ancient India.
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Where did the ancestors
receive this information?
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Aliens.
People from other planet.
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India.
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Home to over 1.3 billion people.
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It is the second most populous
nation in the world.
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Although it is home
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to some of mankind's
oldest civilizations,
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India has, in recent years,
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also undergone
rapid modernization.
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The city of Bangalore,
for example,
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is the headquarters
of literally thousands
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of information technology
companies,
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and has been ranked as
one of the most high-tech cities
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in the world.
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But these advancements
also coexist
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with the country's
ancient origins.
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Roughly 80%
of the Indian population
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practices Hinduism.
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And for the Hindu faithful,
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their gods are not
mythological creatures,
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but are real
flesh-and-blood beings
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that have, at times,
been present here on Earth.
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For the Indian people,
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the basis of their religion
is essential
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to the fabric of their lives.
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Many
of the faithful, to this day,
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see these accounts
not as fanciful, but as history.
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They take it literally
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that the gods
walked among human beings
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and conveyed knowledge.
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In the Hindu tradition,
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these ancient gods
are not considered
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just symbolic
or mythical beings.
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They are considered
as flesh-and-blood beings
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that came down from the sky
and existed in real life.
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The foundation of Hinduism
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is carefully preserved
in India's most ancient texts.
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And according
to their traditions,
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these texts are accounts
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given directly
by the gods themselves,
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and only transcribed by humans.
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This collection
includes the Vedas,
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or Hindu scriptures, as
well as other manuscripts
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written in the early
Sanskrit language.
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Vedic scholars suggest knowledge
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pertaining to architecture,
science,
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technology, weaponry,
and medicine
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are preserved in meticulous
detail in these works.
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The origins of the Vedic text
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goes back to cosmic time.
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They have been around
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for thousands of thousands
of years.
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It is believed
that the knowledge
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came directly from gods.
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We are seeing
a handbook of the gods.
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We are looking at an endowment
from some superior intelligence
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that appears to have been given
to us as a very practical guide
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in ways that benefit humankind
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all across the board.
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But if the ancient
texts of India
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are truly attributable
to the extraterrestrial gods,
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just what information
do they contain?
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Sirpur, India.
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The Surang Tila Temple.
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This structure,
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which dates back
to the seventh century AD,
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was recently unearthed
after being buried
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by a powerful earthquake
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that occurred
in the 11th century.
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Although the rest of the area
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was completely leveled,
the structure itself
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remained largely intact.
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Archaeologists suggest
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that this is due to the advanced
construction techniques,
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known as Ayurvedic
or Vedic architecture,
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utilized by its builders.
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The principles they used
are derived
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from the ancient science
of design
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that can be traced back
to the ancient Indian texts.
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In March 2017,
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researcher and ancient astronaut
theorist Giorgio Tsoukalos
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traveled to India
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to meet with archaeologist
Dr. Arun Sharma,
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who headed the dig.
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This is beautiful.
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Mm-hmm.
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Really?
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Now, is this considered
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Ayurvedic architecture,
right here?
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That's amazing. Huh.
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Okay.
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Although much of the site
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has been renovated
using modern concrete,
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blocks held together
by the Ayurvedic paste
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can still be found.
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It seems to be almost like a...
s-some type of glue.
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The glue-like substance
is said to form a bond
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that is at least 20 times
stronger than concrete.
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But modern builders
have been unwilling
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to entertain the notion
that such an ancient concoction
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could be superior
to today's building materials.
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Wow, look at this.
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Beautiful.
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The detailed instructions
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for making this paste
can be found
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in an ancient Indian text
known as the Mayamatam...
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A manuscript dedicated
to construction techniques.
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The information
contained within the document
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is understood to have been
passed down to humans
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from Mayasura, the ancient
king of the demigods,
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who was said to oversee
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various construction projects
on Earth,
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including cities in the sky.
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This, right here?
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Curiously,
there is a more astounding
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earthquake-proof feature
at the site
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which indicates
that advanced knowledge
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was used in its construction.
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Located at key points
within the Surang Tila Temple
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are several 80-foot long shafts
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designed to form air pockets
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that can dissipate the impact
of seismic events.
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Yes, please.
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All right.
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Wow.
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Oh, wow, this is big.
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It's a huge book.
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And-and this text has been
around for 4,500 years?
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In your opinion, where
did this knowledge come from?
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Uh-huh.
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And you think
that this knowledge
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originated from the stars?
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That's amazing.
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According to the Hindu faithful,
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the construction techniques used
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at the Surang Tila Temple
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are just one example
of advanced technology
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detailed in the ancient
Sanskrit texts.
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Other works are said
to contain information
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far beyond the scope
of early man...
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Perhaps even providing
concrete proof
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of extraterrestrial activity
on Earth.
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The Indus Valley.
Northwest India and Pakistan.
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June 2011.
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Paleontologists discover
a 4,300-year-old skull
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featuring multiple
drilled holes in it.
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Remarkably, they conclude
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these are signs that
brain surgery was performed.
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And it even appears that
the operation was successful,
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as the wound showed signs
of advanced healing.
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In ancient India, they performed
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incredible kinds of medicine
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and surgical procedures
on people.
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Things like
operating on the skull.
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What's fascinating
about this is...
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is this kind
of advanced medical knowledge
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goes way back, way back.
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And they were able
to use those techniques
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to heal people.
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Vedic scholars
suggest that not only
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were the ancient Hindus
able to perform brain surgery,
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but other
advanced procedures as well.
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And much of this
medical knowledge
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was set to record
in a Sanskrit text
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dating back to 800 BC,
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known as the Sushruta Samhita.
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In 2017 at a local library
in Mahabalipuram, India,
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Giorgio Tsoukalos
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meets with fellow
ancient astronaut theorist
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Praveen Mohan to take
a closer look at the text.
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Now this is a, uh,
vast medical text
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that contains information
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about more than
11,000 illnesses.
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Uh, it talks about
700 medicinal plants,
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64 preparations
from mineral resources,
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57 preparations
from animal resources,
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and it's considered the
foundation of Ayurveda,
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the traditional Indian medicine.
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Oh, so this is the basis
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for Ayurvedic medicine
right here. -Yes, yes.
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I was able to find a passage.
I thought you might find it,
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- you know, interesting.
- Mm-hmm.
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Right here.
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Now you can see where it says
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that surgical operations
are of eight types.
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They are incising, excising,
scraping, puncturing,
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probing, extracting,
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secreting fluids,
and even suturing.
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So imagine, we had suturing
2,600 years ago. -Mm-hmm.
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And this book was written
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more than a hundred years
before Hippocrates,
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the father of modern medicine.
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That is amazing. And how was
this information obtained?
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Like, what's the story
behind this?
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Well, the title Sushruta Samhita
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means that the author Sushruta
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is not really the author.
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He did not write this book.
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He got this information from
a character called Dhanvantari,
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who was an otherworldly being.
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Dhanvantari is believed
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to be the physician to the gods
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and the father
of Ayurvedic medicine.
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Dhanvantari himself
has a divine origin
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associated with the churning
of the milky ocean.
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The churning of the milk of sea
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refers to, perhaps, uh,
the Milky Way.
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Dhanvantari came out of that
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and then he was
the god of medicine.
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And he, then, gave this
knowledge of medicine
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to human beings.
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Dhanvantari was said
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to have originated
from the Milky Way.
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And so, all of a sudden,
you have a connection
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with this deity arriving
from the Milky Way.
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Well, what more do you want?
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The knowledge contained
in this document,
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known as the Sushruta Samhita,
was brought here
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by an extraterrestrial visitor.
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Ayurvedic medicine is considered
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one of the world's oldest and
most detailed healing sciences.
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Is it possible that it was
really handed down to mankind
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by alien sources?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
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and suggest that other texts
clearly reveal
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this extraterrestrial
connection.
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Mumbai University.
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Kalina, India.
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January 2015.
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The Indian Science Congress
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presents talks on various
technical disciplines
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to an audience of some of
India's top engineers.
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Included in the list
of presentations
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is a lecture on "Ancient Indian
Aviation Technology"
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given by retired pilot
and flight instructor
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Captain Anand J. Bodas.
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In his lecture, Captain Anand
Bodas told young engineers
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that they should recreate what
is given in ancient Vedic texts,
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because in the field
of aviation,
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there are much more
advanced devices mentioned
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than what we have today.
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This was a very
controversial talk
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because you had one camp
that thought
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that the ancient civilizations
of India
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possessed incredible
flying technology,
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yet you then had that other camp
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that said this is crazy,
it's nonsense.
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But something was going on
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many, many, many, many thousands
of years ago,
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and they presented evidence
and documented facts
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that they had flying machines
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that were capable of doing
incredible things.
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How did they know this?
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Captain Bodas is just the latest
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in a long line
of researchers to suggest
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that the ancient texts
contained actual information
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about lost technology
pertaining to aerial vehicles,
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often referred to in the texts
as "vimanas."
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In 1895, a full
eight years before
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the Wright Brothers successfully
launched their flying machine,
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Sanskrit scholar Shivkar Talpade
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tested an aircraft he fashioned
based solely on information
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gleaned from
the ancient Indian writings.
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Talpade, in India,
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was a student of
the Vedic scriptures.
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And he decided to try
and construct
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one of the vimana flying craft
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that were seen in the, um,
Vedic scriptures.
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The first aircraft of Talpade
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was called, "Marutsakha,"
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which means,
"friend of the wind."
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He was able to fly this aircraft
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in front of thousands of people
in Mumbai Beach.
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The legend has it
that he flew for,
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like, 30 seconds at 1,500 feet.
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The Wright brothers only went
120 feet for 12 seconds.
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If this is true, that changes
aviation history dramatically.
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But even more exciting
is that he based his design
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on something written
thousands of years
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before mankind even thought
flying was possible.
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In 2017, Kavya Vaddadi,
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an aircraft design engineer
in Delhi, India,
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was able to re-create
the Marutsakha
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as a digital 3D model utilizing
the same information contained
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in the texts
that Talpade studied.
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She shared her digital file
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with aerospace systems engineer
Travis Taylor,
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so he could 3D print it
in order to test
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its aerodynamic properties
in a wind tunnel.
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But just how would
this ancient design hold up
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when put to the test?
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University of
California at Irvine.
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April 2017.
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Aerospace engineer Travis Taylor
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has obtained a model
of an aircraft
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whose design specifications
are based solely
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on information gleaned
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from ancient Indian texts
that are believed
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to have been formally set
to writing in 500 BC.
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He is going to subject it
to wind tunnel analysis
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to determine if it is
a viable flying machine.
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So explain to me what we've set
up here with that wind tunnel.
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Okay, so this is our
aerospace vehicle model.
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It's connected to this boom.
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The armature has
a force gauge on it.
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But we're gonna have airflow
go past it
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at about 50 miles per hour
or so. -Okay.
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And then we're gonna measure
forces against it
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to determine if, uh,
if it's gonna fly or not.
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And so, what are the signs
that you're looking for
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in order to determine
whether this is,
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- in fact, aerodynamically sound?
- Right.
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So we're gonna measure
the, uh, normal force.
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And the normal force
is up or down.
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Uh, if it starts to move up,
then that'll be exciting,
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because it's actually
going to be rising
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and that's how you get flight.
You know, when the airplane
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turns up, and it starts to move,
it's because it's getting lift.
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Uh, the other thing is,
I don't want to see it
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going real bad side to side,
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or real bad chatter up and down,
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because that would mean
it's unstable.
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All right. Well, let's do it.
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Let's fire her up
and see what happens.
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Yeah, let's do it.
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- The flow's coming up to speed.
- Yep.
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While being subjected
to 50-mile-an-hour winds,
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the craft exhibits
a slight lift upwards
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yet remains relatively steady.
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No side-to-side wobble.
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Okay.
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Sensors record the
measurements of various forces,
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as well as torque and pitch,
to determine
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just how aerodynamic
the body is.
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It looks very stable.
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All right.
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So let's look at the results.
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So what happened during the test
was the normal force,
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which is where
we measure the lift,
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it was positive between .03
and .06 pounds of force.
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That means we were
measuring lift. -Okay.
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So our vehicle
in the wind tunnel experiment
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was showing positive lift
like an aircraft would.
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Did you expect these results
from a shape that's like that?
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Well, the shape looks like
a lifting body to me.
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But you never know until you
actually do the experiment.
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And we have experimental results
now that says it is.
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So that's the exciting part.
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And-and what do you say
to anyone who questions
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the idea that this information
has been taken
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from a text that's at least
1,800 years old?
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The only thing you can say is
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we performed a good
scientific experiment.
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And the results were
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that the shape
made from those texts
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is a viable
aerodynamic structure.
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The aircraft model created
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using details garnered from
the ancient Indian texts
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has proven to be flight-worthy.
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Is it possible that, by studying
the ancient Indian texts,
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we may be able to recreate
advanced technology
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that existed thousands
of years ago in India?
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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that the texts
may also contain details
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for advanced spacecraft.
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Hindu scholars point out
that stories of space travel
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can be found
throughout the pages
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of the ancient Sanskrit texts.
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There are even detailed accounts
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of humans entering flying crafts
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and being transported
to other solar systems.
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In the ancient text
of Vishnu Purana,
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Lord Vishnu decides to take
Dhruva, a human being,
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through an interstellar journey.
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We know this because
it is specifically stated
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that Dhruva
would be taken beyond
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planets like Mercury, Venus,
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and even beyond
some other stars.
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According to the text,
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he went past
seven planetary systems
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in a physical craft,
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and eventually
he reached the solar system
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and planet of Vishnu Loka,
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the planet that Vishnu
is said to have come from.
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So here we have the story
of extraterrestrials taking
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a human to another solar system.
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Although few details exist
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of the craft Dhruva
was transported in,
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scholars have noted that
highly specific descriptions
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of space vehicles can be found
throughout the texts.
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In 2014,
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in an article
in the Journal of Engineering
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and Innovative Technology
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titled "Vedic lon Engine,"
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a team of aerospace scientists
posed the theory
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that what is being described
in a 1,000-year-old text
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called
the Samarangana Sutradhara
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is a modern ion
mercury vortex engine
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used for space travel.
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In the Samarangana
Sutradhara text,
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there's a description
of an engine that uses mercury,
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and the mercury swirls
in a vortex
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and it uses the heat
from, perhaps, solar power
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to create some type
of flying capability.
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My thought on this is it sounds
a lot like an ion engine.
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The concept for ion
engines has actually been around
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for more than 100 years.
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Now, the way it works
is xenon gas,
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which is like helium or neon
but heavier,
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is introduced
into a chamber here.
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And it's ionized, which means
it's given an electric charge.
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And once it has
an electric charge, a voltage
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applied between this grid
and one just behind it
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causes the xenon to shoot out
of the engine.
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Well, the action of the xenon
going out this direction
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causes a reaction
that pushes the spacecraft
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in the other direction.
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And that's how the ion thruster
propels the spacecraft.
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You heat the ions up,
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and then you accelerate them out
the back end of the spacecraft.
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It puts out
a small amount of thrust,
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but for a very long time.
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And that's why ion engines
are uniquely perfect
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for interspace travel.
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In 2007, NASA launched
the Dawn spacecraft,
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which used a conventional
multistage chemical rocket
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to blast off from Earth,
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but then switched
to an ion engine
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for its journey
through deep space.
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Crucial to that mission
was an ion thruster.
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And it gets its energy
from solar panels.
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So here you have
this solar-powered ion thruster
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with this vortex
in the middle of it going out
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to the asteroid belt,
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and it's described
in Sanskrit texts.
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If information detailing
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previously lost technology
was purposely left
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for humans to rediscover,
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are we now sufficiently advanced
to successfully replicate it?
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And if so, are there
any other developments beyond
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ancient space travel
that scientists have been able
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to exploit?
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Mahabalipuram, India.
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While at a local library
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with fellow ancient astronaut
theorist Praveen Mohan,
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Giorgio Tsoukalos gets
a firsthand look at early copies
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of some of India's most
important ancient texts.
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And now let me show you
the other book.
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This is the Bhagavad Gita.
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Among the most influential
is the Bhagavad Gita,
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part of the 13,000-page epic
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called the Mahabharata,
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which contains
19 individual books.
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Historians think this text
was written around 500 BC,
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so this book is 2,500 years old.
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- Okay.
- But according to "mythology,"
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this was supposed to be written
at least 10,000 years ago.
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Okay.
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It's a very popular book,
and some people even say
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atomic science is hidden
in this book.
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Not just regular people,
but modern physicists.
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So the argument can be made
that the knowledge of,
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for example, the atom
is contained in a book -Mm-hmm.
481
00:26:44,730 --> 00:26:48,733
Yes. -...that is at least
2,500 years old?
482
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And some stories say
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that it was given
by an otherworldly being. -Yes.
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00:26:55,741 --> 00:26:57,867
- Okay.
- Even Robert Oppenheimer,
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who is the father
of atomic bomb,
486
00:26:59,703 --> 00:27:02,621
uh, was fascinated
by this book. -Mm-hmm.
487
00:27:02,622 --> 00:27:04,874
- Really? Wow.
- Yes.
488
00:27:04,875 --> 00:27:06,793
Okay, that's interesting.
489
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Jornada
del Muerto Desert, New Mexico.
490
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July 16, 1945.
491
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In the middle
of the barren Alamogordo Bombing
492
00:27:24,394 --> 00:27:26,437
and Gunnery Range,
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00:27:26,438 --> 00:27:32,110
scientists detonate the first
man-made nuclear weapon.
494
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The destruction was comparable
to no other weapon known to man.
495
00:27:42,788 --> 00:27:46,415
The father of the atomic bomb
was J. Robert Oppenheimer,
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the leader
of the Manhattan Project,
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a secret government program
created
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to develop such a weapon.
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Oppenheimer, when he saw
the successful nuclear test
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and realized what a terrible
weapon he was unleashing,
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he quoted the Bhagavad Gita's
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"I am become death,
the destroyer of worlds."
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Oppenheimer's interest
in ancient Sanskrit literature
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began while he was a professor
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at the University of California,
Berkeley
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and was introduced to the texts
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00:28:26,289 --> 00:28:30,167
by renowned scholar
Arthur W. Ryder.
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00:28:30,168 --> 00:28:32,127
Under Ryder's tutelage,
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Oppenheimer extensively studied
the Vedic scriptures
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and became proficient
in Sanskrit.
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According to his biographers,
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he kept a hardcover of the
Bhagavad Gita on his bookshelf
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00:28:46,184 --> 00:28:49,854
and was known to give copies
away to his friends as gifts.
514
00:28:49,855 --> 00:28:52,857
One of the ideas that's deep
515
00:28:52,858 --> 00:28:55,192
within the Vedic scriptures,
the Bhagavad Gita,
516
00:28:55,193 --> 00:28:57,862
is the idea of duty.
517
00:28:57,863 --> 00:29:00,322
He felt it was his duty
to do this,
518
00:29:00,323 --> 00:29:03,409
even though it would be
a terrible thing, he realized,
519
00:29:03,410 --> 00:29:06,328
to develop
this new nuclear weapon.
520
00:29:06,329 --> 00:29:10,583
So he believed
he was part of a cosmic cycle
521
00:29:10,584 --> 00:29:13,586
and we had to do this
to advance.
522
00:29:13,587 --> 00:29:18,549
Perhaps he knew that
by developing the atomic bomb,
523
00:29:18,550 --> 00:29:21,468
we were actually reconnecting
with technologies
524
00:29:21,469 --> 00:29:25,891
that we had been exposed to
many thousands of years before.
525
00:29:27,726 --> 00:29:30,936
One of the key ideas
found within the Indian texts
526
00:29:30,937 --> 00:29:35,399
is the concept of the cyclical
nature of existence,
527
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,277
that once we complete
a cosmic cycle,
528
00:29:38,278 --> 00:29:42,072
it just begins once more.
529
00:29:42,073 --> 00:29:44,700
Oppenheimer himself came to see
530
00:29:44,701 --> 00:29:49,204
that he was, in a sense,
fulfilling some ancient destiny
531
00:29:49,205 --> 00:29:51,707
and that this weapon
could ultimately be used
532
00:29:51,708 --> 00:29:54,627
to stop a major war,
which is exactly what happened.
533
00:29:54,628 --> 00:29:57,588
It totally broke the momentum
of World War II.
534
00:29:57,589 --> 00:30:00,799
In that sense, he was seeing
that he was, in some way,
535
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,469
fulfilling a destiny
that came to him
536
00:30:03,470 --> 00:30:06,430
from a seemingly
supernatural source,
537
00:30:06,431 --> 00:30:11,310
i.e. extraterrestrial gods
who influenced ancient India.
538
00:30:11,311 --> 00:30:14,480
If Oppenheimer's work
on the atomic bomb
539
00:30:14,481 --> 00:30:17,983
was inspired
by the ancient Indian texts,
540
00:30:17,984 --> 00:30:21,946
could this mean that similar
weapons actually existed
541
00:30:21,947 --> 00:30:25,951
on Earth thousands of years ago?
542
00:30:31,289 --> 00:30:33,040
Thar Desert.
543
00:30:33,041 --> 00:30:37,753
Rajasthan, India.
1992.
544
00:30:39,102 --> 00:30:43,272
Engineers conducting
soil sampling at a site
545
00:30:43,273 --> 00:30:45,983
where a housing development
was to be built
546
00:30:45,984 --> 00:30:51,655
discover a heavy layer of
radioactive ash under the soil.
547
00:30:51,656 --> 00:30:56,327
Further examination reveals
the contamination stretches
548
00:30:56,328 --> 00:31:00,831
across a three-square-mile area
of the desert.
549
00:31:00,832 --> 00:31:03,292
After cordoning off the area,
550
00:31:03,293 --> 00:31:06,670
scientists unearthed a city
551
00:31:06,671 --> 00:31:10,342
with completely demolished
buildings.
552
00:31:16,181 --> 00:31:19,892
Scientists have
discovered a radioactive ash
553
00:31:19,893 --> 00:31:23,812
that they believe dates
to 8,000 to 12,000 years ago
554
00:31:23,813 --> 00:31:27,858
that shows evidence of a nuclear
blast in ancient times.
555
00:31:27,859 --> 00:31:32,112
This is very interesting
because the Sanskrit texts
556
00:31:32,113 --> 00:31:35,991
describe exactly this type
of occurrence in this era
557
00:31:35,992 --> 00:31:37,994
in ancient times.
558
00:31:39,829 --> 00:31:41,705
In the Ramayana,
559
00:31:41,706 --> 00:31:44,917
one of the major
ancient Sanskrit epics,
560
00:31:44,918 --> 00:31:48,379
a mighty weapon of the god
Brahma called the Brahmastra
561
00:31:48,380 --> 00:31:51,715
is described as a weapon
of immense power
562
00:31:51,716 --> 00:31:54,676
intended to rain down
destruction from above.
563
00:31:54,677 --> 00:31:58,889
Brahma provided this weapon
to the hero Rama
564
00:31:58,890 --> 00:32:03,268
as a last resort after all
conventional means of warfare
565
00:32:03,269 --> 00:32:06,564
failed in his battle
against the demon king.
566
00:32:08,274 --> 00:32:11,693
The Brahmastra
is the deadliest weapon there is
567
00:32:11,694 --> 00:32:13,695
in the history of humankind.
568
00:32:13,696 --> 00:32:18,409
It is like a nuclear device,
uh, that can be detonated,
569
00:32:18,410 --> 00:32:22,037
and then it will have
a very devastating effect.
570
00:32:22,038 --> 00:32:27,209
Once it was fired, its effect
fell on a lot of animals,
571
00:32:27,210 --> 00:32:28,961
and then they dropped dead.
572
00:32:28,962 --> 00:32:31,964
And also, people started
losing their nails,
573
00:32:31,965 --> 00:32:34,967
their hair,
and they could not breathe.
574
00:32:34,968 --> 00:32:41,014
Rama fires the Brahmastra
weapon upon Dhrumatulya.
575
00:32:41,015 --> 00:32:45,936
It is commonly accepted that
this is in Rajasthan,
576
00:32:45,937 --> 00:32:47,062
in Pakistan.
577
00:32:47,063 --> 00:32:53,068
It's the 19th-largest
desert in the world.
578
00:32:53,069 --> 00:32:55,612
Does the layer
of radioactive ash,
579
00:32:55,613 --> 00:32:58,949
recently discovered
in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan,
580
00:32:58,950 --> 00:33:02,619
provide proof that
the stories recorded
581
00:33:02,620 --> 00:33:05,331
in the ancient scriptures
have merit?
582
00:33:09,085 --> 00:33:15,632
Nuclear warfare, space
travel, flying craft...
583
00:33:15,633 --> 00:33:19,303
might there be greater truth
about our technological past
584
00:33:19,304 --> 00:33:22,681
revealed in the ancient
Indian texts?
585
00:33:22,682 --> 00:33:26,351
And if so,
are they simply a guide
586
00:33:26,352 --> 00:33:30,814
to move us forward, as a warning
587
00:33:30,815 --> 00:33:33,735
for mankind's impending fate?
588
00:33:33,944 --> 00:33:35,945
Ranakpur, India.
589
00:33:35,946 --> 00:33:38,614
The Chaumukha Jain Temple.
590
00:33:38,615 --> 00:33:43,744
Built in the 15th century AD,
this place of worship
591
00:33:43,745 --> 00:33:48,416
is dedicated to the Jains' first
teacher god, Rishabhanatha,
592
00:33:48,417 --> 00:33:52,253
who is credited with the task
of civilizing human beings
593
00:33:52,254 --> 00:33:54,922
and teaching them writing,
mathematics,
594
00:33:54,923 --> 00:33:58,010
science and agriculture.
595
00:33:59,761 --> 00:34:02,471
Jainism is an ancient
Indian religion
596
00:34:02,472 --> 00:34:04,765
that predates Hinduism.
597
00:34:04,766 --> 00:34:08,769
Jains and Hindus hold
a similar belief system
598
00:34:08,770 --> 00:34:12,606
relating to the cyclical nature
of the Universe, karma,
599
00:34:12,607 --> 00:34:17,903
and reincarnation,
yet worship different gods.
600
00:34:17,904 --> 00:34:22,491
For Jains, the quest for
knowledge is essential
601
00:34:22,492 --> 00:34:25,077
for their spiritual liberation.
602
00:34:25,078 --> 00:34:29,123
And the iconography of the
temple is meant to symbolize
603
00:34:29,124 --> 00:34:33,836
Rishabhanatha's attainment
of cosmic enlightenment.
604
00:34:33,837 --> 00:34:38,382
The most uncanny feature
in the Temple of Ranakpur
605
00:34:38,383 --> 00:34:40,676
is not on the ground,
it's not on the walls,
606
00:34:40,677 --> 00:34:43,430
but it is on the ceiling.
607
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:50,811
The ceiling is almost identical
to images
608
00:34:50,812 --> 00:34:53,814
of the Large Hadron Collider,
609
00:34:53,815 --> 00:34:59,112
a particle accelerator
in Switzerland.
610
00:35:02,824 --> 00:35:06,327
If you look
at the carving on the ceiling,
611
00:35:06,328 --> 00:35:09,955
you're seeing something that has
a curious radial structure.
612
00:35:09,956 --> 00:35:12,708
It's circular.
There's bands within bands.
613
00:35:12,709 --> 00:35:14,502
And then you have
all of these lines that go
614
00:35:14,503 --> 00:35:16,128
towards the center.
615
00:35:16,129 --> 00:35:18,756
Now, there is a
more-than-passing similarity
616
00:35:18,757 --> 00:35:22,343
between the carving and what
we're actually seeing
617
00:35:22,344 --> 00:35:25,305
in the Large Hadron Collider.
618
00:35:27,682 --> 00:35:30,851
The 17-mile-long
Large Hadron Collider,
619
00:35:30,852 --> 00:35:35,231
or LHC, is the world's largest
and most powerful
620
00:35:35,232 --> 00:35:38,192
particle accelerator.
621
00:35:38,193 --> 00:35:41,862
It was created to smash
tiny protons together
622
00:35:41,863 --> 00:35:46,784
at speeds of nearly
670 million miles per hour,
623
00:35:46,785 --> 00:35:50,621
roughly the speed of light.
624
00:35:50,622 --> 00:35:54,416
The total energy produced
by the collisions is believed
625
00:35:54,417 --> 00:35:57,795
to reproduce similar states
to those that existed
626
00:35:57,796 --> 00:36:00,005
moments after the Big Bang,
627
00:36:00,006 --> 00:36:04,593
the event that many scientists
believe was responsible
628
00:36:04,594 --> 00:36:06,930
for the creation of the cosmos.
629
00:36:08,765 --> 00:36:12,977
By examining these collisions,
scientists can attempt to answer
630
00:36:12,978 --> 00:36:16,690
the question of just how
the universe began.
631
00:36:18,567 --> 00:36:20,943
The Hadron supercollider:
632
00:36:20,944 --> 00:36:23,154
its purpose is to duplicate,
basically,
633
00:36:23,155 --> 00:36:25,197
conditions of the Big Bang,
634
00:36:25,198 --> 00:36:28,868
when the universe
was first created.
635
00:36:28,869 --> 00:36:32,955
But one of the concerns is
that since we're recreating
636
00:36:32,956 --> 00:36:37,960
conditions like the Big Bang at
the beginning of the universe,
637
00:36:37,961 --> 00:36:39,420
some of the things
running around
638
00:36:39,421 --> 00:36:41,046
at the beginning of the universe
639
00:36:41,047 --> 00:36:43,048
we don't want to encounter.
640
00:36:43,049 --> 00:36:46,218
And this is a very
difficult thing,
641
00:36:46,219 --> 00:36:48,555
to face so many unknowns.
642
00:36:53,310 --> 00:36:57,646
Work on this subatomic
realm, or quantum mechanics,
643
00:36:57,647 --> 00:37:01,775
can be traced to two
scientific pioneers...
644
00:37:01,776 --> 00:37:04,778
Austrian physicist
Erwin Schrodinger,
645
00:37:04,779 --> 00:37:08,616
and German physicist
Werner Heisenberg.
646
00:37:08,617 --> 00:37:12,912
According to biographers,
both Schrodinger and Heisenberg
647
00:37:12,913 --> 00:37:16,457
were highly influenced
by the ancient Indian texts.
648
00:37:16,458 --> 00:37:19,001
Heisenberg is on record saying
649
00:37:19,002 --> 00:37:22,463
quantum theory will not look
so unusual to anyone
650
00:37:22,464 --> 00:37:24,590
who is a student of the Vedanta,
651
00:37:24,591 --> 00:37:26,675
the Hindu sacred scriptures.
652
00:37:26,676 --> 00:37:29,136
Well, why would he say
something like that?
653
00:37:29,137 --> 00:37:31,430
The Hindus had
a very interesting way
654
00:37:31,431 --> 00:37:35,184
of looking at the world,
including this concept
655
00:37:35,185 --> 00:37:38,312
of a quantum reality through
what they call "trutis,"
656
00:37:38,313 --> 00:37:42,650
which appear to be magnificently
tiny particles that ultimately
657
00:37:42,651 --> 00:37:45,778
make up all of physical reality
as we know it.
658
00:37:45,779 --> 00:37:48,739
It is fascinating
how these very old texts
659
00:37:48,740 --> 00:37:51,158
are still relevant today,
660
00:37:51,159 --> 00:37:54,495
and, in fact, may be largely
responsible for the progress
661
00:37:54,496 --> 00:37:57,374
in quantum mechanics
in the early 20th century.
662
00:37:59,334 --> 00:38:00,542
This suggests that the culture
663
00:38:00,543 --> 00:38:01,835
that wrote those texts
664
00:38:01,836 --> 00:38:05,005
had knowledge
of quantum mechanics.
665
00:38:05,006 --> 00:38:08,634
The Hindu texts
in some ways mirrors,
666
00:38:08,635 --> 00:38:12,638
or foreshadows,
things that will come later.
667
00:38:12,639 --> 00:38:16,809
Perhaps these people were being
guided by extraterrestrials
668
00:38:16,810 --> 00:38:19,478
to protect that knowledge,
so that in our time we would
669
00:38:19,479 --> 00:38:23,565
look back at that
and notice the similarity.
670
00:38:23,566 --> 00:38:25,859
And we have to look
at the possibility
671
00:38:25,860 --> 00:38:28,696
that this is an endowment
that has been given to us
672
00:38:28,697 --> 00:38:32,826
by these extraterrestrials
for a greater divine purpose.
673
00:38:34,828 --> 00:38:38,455
The texts could serve
as a window into our future,
674
00:38:38,456 --> 00:38:42,710
and a warning that if we don't
alter the course that we're on,
675
00:38:42,711 --> 00:38:44,838
it could be catastrophic.
676
00:38:47,132 --> 00:38:50,592
If extraterrestrials
instructed our ancestors
677
00:38:50,593 --> 00:38:53,303
to record lost advanced
technological knowledge
678
00:38:53,304 --> 00:38:55,389
and principles,
679
00:38:55,390 --> 00:38:58,225
was it meant to serve
as a guidebook
680
00:38:58,226 --> 00:39:01,687
to our scientifically
enlightened age?
681
00:39:01,688 --> 00:39:04,523
Or might it, instead,
be a warning
682
00:39:04,524 --> 00:39:09,028
to prevent us from repeating
the mistakes of the past?
683
00:39:09,029 --> 00:39:12,406
If so, what do the texts say
684
00:39:12,407 --> 00:39:15,827
about where
mankind is headed next?
685
00:39:21,018 --> 00:39:22,853
New Delhi, India.
686
00:39:24,813 --> 00:39:28,024
Scholars at the National
Mission of Manuscripts
687
00:39:28,025 --> 00:39:30,443
set out to translate
and preserve
688
00:39:30,444 --> 00:39:33,029
what they estimate to be
over four million
689
00:39:33,030 --> 00:39:36,949
rare ancient texts related
to various disciplines,
690
00:39:36,950 --> 00:39:39,869
including ancient science.
691
00:39:39,870 --> 00:39:43,664
Many of these texts have been
preserved on palm leaves,
692
00:39:43,665 --> 00:39:46,709
and are believed to be scattered
in obscure locations
693
00:39:46,710 --> 00:39:48,669
throughout the subcontinent.
694
00:39:48,670 --> 00:39:52,923
Currently, less than ten percent
of the ancient writings
695
00:39:52,924 --> 00:39:55,092
of India have been published.
696
00:39:55,093 --> 00:39:57,678
And no one is certain
what secrets lie hidden
697
00:39:57,679 --> 00:40:00,974
in these remaining
undeciphered manuscripts.
698
00:40:02,601 --> 00:40:05,394
Is it possible that
the road map for our future
699
00:40:05,395 --> 00:40:08,064
is yet to be revealed
by studying
700
00:40:08,065 --> 00:40:10,733
these ancient Indian texts?
701
00:40:10,734 --> 00:40:13,819
These texts should be consulted
702
00:40:13,820 --> 00:40:18,532
as we evolve into a world that
is full of so many unknowns,
703
00:40:18,533 --> 00:40:23,245
and the Vedic scriptures are
a vast storehouse of knowledge.
704
00:40:23,246 --> 00:40:27,083
And by not consulting them,
who knows...
705
00:40:27,084 --> 00:40:29,836
We may be missing
something vital.
706
00:40:31,505 --> 00:40:33,297
We would be well served
707
00:40:33,298 --> 00:40:36,675
to go back to the Hindu texts
708
00:40:36,676 --> 00:40:40,012
and recognize that perhaps
we've been here before.
709
00:40:40,013 --> 00:40:45,017
The Vedic text offers the key
to us to move forward.
710
00:40:45,018 --> 00:40:47,937
Conversely, it could well be
that ignoring it
711
00:40:47,938 --> 00:40:50,106
will be at our own peril,
712
00:40:50,107 --> 00:40:53,150
and that we could, in fact,
face our end.
713
00:40:53,151 --> 00:40:55,778
What I really think
is important here
714
00:40:55,779 --> 00:40:59,990
is that we pay more attention
to these ancient texts,
715
00:40:59,991 --> 00:41:02,326
and try to learn
what we can from them,
716
00:41:02,327 --> 00:41:05,121
because this is the gods,
the extraterrestrials,
717
00:41:05,122 --> 00:41:07,124
giving us this information.
718
00:41:10,085 --> 00:41:12,044
Do the voices of the gods,
719
00:41:12,045 --> 00:41:15,172
as written in the pages
of India's ancient texts,
720
00:41:15,173 --> 00:41:20,136
really contain information
left for us to discover,
721
00:41:20,137 --> 00:41:22,638
or do they convey knowledge
722
00:41:22,639 --> 00:41:25,850
that we were meant to avoid?
723
00:41:25,851 --> 00:41:27,726
For ancient astronaut theorists,
724
00:41:27,727 --> 00:41:29,520
one fact is certain...
725
00:41:29,521 --> 00:41:32,898
That mankind's
extraterrestrial past
726
00:41:32,899 --> 00:41:37,403
provides the key to its future.
727
00:41:37,404 --> 00:41:41,365
A future that will either see us
successfully avoid
728
00:41:41,366 --> 00:41:43,659
the mistakes of our ancestors,
729
00:41:43,660 --> 00:41:46,120
or warn us
of the deadly mistakes
730
00:41:46,121 --> 00:41:51,333
we are destined... to repeat.
731
00:41:51,334 --> 00:41:54,921
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