| Achievements of the Ancient Indians |
| Knowledge Reference | Ancient Reference | Modern |
| Plastic Surgery (Repair of nose by skin flap on forehead) | Sushruta (4000 - 2000 B.C.E) | A German (1968 A.D.) |
| Artificial Limb |
RigVed (1-116-15) | 20th Century |
| Chromosomes
|
Cunavidhi(Mahabharat - 5500 BCE) | 1860-1910 A.D. |
| Number of
Chromosomes (23) |
Mahabharat-5500 BCE | 1890 A.D. |
| Combination of Male and Female chromosomes in zygote | Shrimad Bhagwat (4000 B.C.E) | 20th Century |
| Analysis of Ears |
RigVed/Eitereya Upanishad (6000 BCE) | Labyrinth 1925 |
| Beginning of the Foetal Heart in the second month of pregnancy | Eitereya Upanishad / Shrimad Bhagwat | Robinson, 1972 |
| Parthenogenesis |
Mahabharat | 20th Century |
| Test
Tube Babies from the ovum only |
Mahabharat | Not yet possible |
| Test Tube Babies
from the ovum only |
Mahabharat | Not yet possible |
| Test
Tube Babies from both ovum & sperm |
Mahabharat | Steptoe, 1979 |
| Elongation of Life
in confirmed space travel |
Shrimad Bhagwat | Not yet |
| Cell
Division (in 3 layers) |
Shrimad Bhagwat | 20th Century |
| Embryology |
Eitereya Upanishad (6000 BCE) | 19th Century |
| Micro-organisms
|
Mahabharat | 18th Century |
| A material producing a disease can prevent or cure the disease in minute quantity | S-Bhagwat (1-5-33) | Haneman,18thCent. |
| Developing
Embyro in Vitro. |
Mahabharat | 20th Century |
| Life in trees and
plants |
Mahabharat | Bose,19thcent. |
| 16
Functions of the Brain |
Eitereya Upanishad | 19-20th Cent. |
| Definition of Sleep |
Prashna-Upanishad /Patanjali Yogsootra | 20th Century |
| Velocity
of Light |
RigVed / Sayan Bhashya (1400 A.D) | 19th Century |
| Trans-Saturnean
Planets |
Mahabharat (5500 B.C) | 17-19th Century |
| Space
Travel to another solar system |
Shrimad Bhagwat (4000 B.C) | Under Trials |
| Gravitational Force | Prashnopanishad
(6000 B.C) Shankaracharya (500 B.C) |
17th Century |
| Ultravoilet
Band |
Sudhumravarna (Mundakopanishad - M.U) | ---- |
| Infra-red Band |
Sulohita (M.U) | ---- |
| Tachyons
faster than light |
Manojava (M.U) | Sudarshan, 1968 |
| Nuclear Energy |
Spullingini (M.U) | 20th Century |
| Black
Holes |
Vishvaruchi (M.U) | 20th Century |
| Monsoon at Summer
Solstice |
RigVed (23720 B.C) | --- |
| Entry
in South America by Aeroplane |
Valmiki Ramayan (7300 B.C) | --- |
| Phosphorescent Trident at the Bay of Pisco , Peru, S.America. | V.Ramayan | 1960 A.D. |
| Aeroplanes | RigVed, Ramayan, Samarangan Sutradhara(1050 A.D.) | 1900 AD |
| Robot |
Samarangan Sootradhara | Still to be perfected |
| Atom
(Divisible - Indivisible) |
Shrimad Bhagwat | Dalton |
| Subatomic Particles (Electr, proton, Neutorn and other) | Shrimad Bhagwat(4000 BC - Param-Mahan) | Thomas, Rutherford Chadwick (20th Cent.) |
| Genesis
of Universe |
RigVed (>10000 B.C.) (Nasadeeya Sootra) | Gamaow, et.al (1950) |
| Atom Bomb |
Mahabharat (5500 B.C - Brahm-Astra) | 1945 A.D. |
| Sound
Energy used to powder materials |
Mahabharat (Vajrastra) | Gavreau, 1964 |
| Mercury as energy
source for aeroplanes |
Samrangan Sutradhara | Indian Express, 20-10-1979 A.D |
| North
Pole |
Valmiki Ramayan | Piery, 1909 A.D |
| Antartica Premordial matter from which the universe emanated | Valmiki Ramayan RigVed (>10000 B.C.) (Ambha) | Piery, 1950 A.D 20th Century |
| Formations
of premordial matter |
RigVed (>10000 B.C) (Ambha-Nasadeeya) | Gammow, 1950 |
| Natural Cycle of
Water |
RigVed (>10000 B.C) Valmiki Ramayan | 19th Cent. |
| Electricity
(DC) |
Mitra/Varuna-Teja/Agasti | 18th Cent. |
| Water Analysis by electricity (H2 + O) | Agasti (Prana+Udana) | 19th Cent. |
| Electroplating
|
Agasti | 19th Cent. |
| Vega becoming Pole
Star |
Mahabharat (Vanaparva) | ---- |
| Seven
Colors in sunrays |
RigVed (8-72-16) | ---- |
| Black Spots on the
Sun |
Valmiki Ramayan | ---- |
| Temporary
Bridge on Sea |
Valmiki Ramayan | ---- |
| Equinox's and
Solstice's |
RigVed (10-18-1) | ---- |
| Meteors
|
"Ulka" AtharvaVed (19-9) | ---- |
| Pythagorus Theorm BC
|
Sulbha Sootra (800 BC) | Pythagorus, 500 |
| Comet
(at Mula) |
Ramayan | ---- |
| Mars in Aldebaren |
Valmiki.Ramayan | |
| "Breathing"
of a Star |
RigVed (Nasadeeya) | Gamov, 1950 |
| Gravity and Heat
Production in a star |
RigVed (Nasadeeya) | Gamov, 1950 |
| Order of origin of space, gases , heat, water and earth | RigVed, Upanishads | ----- |
| Life on Earth | Mahabharat,Puranas 1.7 X 10^10 years | Salem, Jogesh 1980 Pati-10^10 years |
| Layers of Atmosphere according to specific gravity | V.Ramayan (Kish.8) | ---- |
| Microscope |
Mahabharat (5500 BC) | 16th Century |
(Courtesy: Dr.P.V. Vartak, Pune, India)