09-02-2004, 09:29 PM
The Ramayana too has mentions of Each type of Astra being launched from a different DANUSH (Missile Launcher?), for Rama now-and-often commands Lakshmana to prepare his 'Danush' for the next missile launch.
Also, furing the battle, I think it was Athikaya who is said to have come with a WIERD looking (Vichitra) danush that has never been seen before, and Valmiki mentions that not many in the world knew how to operate it.
All our ideas of Ramayana and Bharatha comes from Movies, and artist's renditions. Thus we imagine that an Abimantra for an ASTRA is done by taking a stick arrow and touching it to the nose with a few chants. Methinks that a Mantra is an operating procedure that is applied to a particular launcher and missile combination.
It may be interesting to note about the Harappan Nuclear blasts. (Dont know how true it is, but if anyone could enlighten me on the Harappan blasts it would be apreciated.)
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The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon
The archaeological expedition, which carried out excavations near the Indian settlement of Mohenjo-Daro in the beginning of the 1900s, uncovered the ruins of a big ancient town. The town belonged to one of the most developed civilizations in the world. The ancient civilization existed for two or three thousand years. However, scientists were a lot more interested in the death of the town, rather than in its prosperity.
Researchers tried to explain the reason of the town's destruction with various theories. However, scientists did not find any indications of a monstrous flood, skeletons were not numerous, there were no fragments of weapons, or anything else that could testify either to a natural disaster or a war. Archaeologists were perplexed: according to their analysis the catastrophe in the town had occurred very unexpectedly and it did hot last long.
Scientists Davneport and Vincenti put forward an amazing theory. They stated the ancient town had been ruined with a nuclear blast. They found big stratums of clay and green glass. Apparently, archaeologists supposed, high temperature melted clay and sand and they hardened immediately afterwards. Similar stratums of green glass can also found in Nevada deserts after every nuclear explosion.
A hundred years have passed since the excavations in Mohenjo-Daro. The modern analysis showed, the fragments of the ancient town had been melted with extremely high temperature - not less than 1,500 degrees centigrade. Researchers also found the strictly outlined epicenter, where all houses were leveled. Destructions lessened towards the outskirts. Dozens of skeletons were found in the area of Mohenjo-Daro - their radioactivity exceeded the norm almost 50 times.
<b>The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon. One of the chapters tells of a shell, which sparkled like fire, but had no smoke. "When the shell hit the ground, the darkness covered the sky, twisters and storms leveled the towns. A horrible blast burnt thousands of animals and people to ashes. Peasants, townspeople and warriors dived in the river to wash away the poisonous dust." </b>
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Also, furing the battle, I think it was Athikaya who is said to have come with a WIERD looking (Vichitra) danush that has never been seen before, and Valmiki mentions that not many in the world knew how to operate it.
All our ideas of Ramayana and Bharatha comes from Movies, and artist's renditions. Thus we imagine that an Abimantra for an ASTRA is done by taking a stick arrow and touching it to the nose with a few chants. Methinks that a Mantra is an operating procedure that is applied to a particular launcher and missile combination.
It may be interesting to note about the Harappan Nuclear blasts. (Dont know how true it is, but if anyone could enlighten me on the Harappan blasts it would be apreciated.)
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Ancient nuclear blasts and levitating stones of Shivapur
The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon
The archaeological expedition, which carried out excavations near the Indian settlement of Mohenjo-Daro in the beginning of the 1900s, uncovered the ruins of a big ancient town. The town belonged to one of the most developed civilizations in the world. The ancient civilization existed for two or three thousand years. However, scientists were a lot more interested in the death of the town, rather than in its prosperity.
Researchers tried to explain the reason of the town's destruction with various theories. However, scientists did not find any indications of a monstrous flood, skeletons were not numerous, there were no fragments of weapons, or anything else that could testify either to a natural disaster or a war. Archaeologists were perplexed: according to their analysis the catastrophe in the town had occurred very unexpectedly and it did hot last long.
Scientists Davneport and Vincenti put forward an amazing theory. They stated the ancient town had been ruined with a nuclear blast. They found big stratums of clay and green glass. Apparently, archaeologists supposed, high temperature melted clay and sand and they hardened immediately afterwards. Similar stratums of green glass can also found in Nevada deserts after every nuclear explosion.
A hundred years have passed since the excavations in Mohenjo-Daro. The modern analysis showed, the fragments of the ancient town had been melted with extremely high temperature - not less than 1,500 degrees centigrade. Researchers also found the strictly outlined epicenter, where all houses were leveled. Destructions lessened towards the outskirts. Dozens of skeletons were found in the area of Mohenjo-Daro - their radioactivity exceeded the norm almost 50 times.
<b>The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon. One of the chapters tells of a shell, which sparkled like fire, but had no smoke. "When the shell hit the ground, the darkness covered the sky, twisters and storms leveled the towns. A horrible blast burnt thousands of animals and people to ashes. Peasants, townspeople and warriors dived in the river to wash away the poisonous dust." </b>
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