Learned Men & Women of Ancient India

Discover the lives of the great learned men and women of ancient India who could control their minds to achieve anything they desired. From pioneering surgical techniques to solving mathematical puzzles and even attempting to turn metal into gold, read about the incredible contributions of Vyasa, Sushruta, Valmiki, Surya Savitri, Chanakya, and others.

Learned Men and Women of Ancient India is a collection of stories that give you a glimpse into the lives of the greatest rishis and rishikas from Indian history and their quest to unearth and reveal the mysteries and truth about mankind and the universe. Through their lives, learn how these extraordinary individuals laid the foundation for the scientists, doctors, philosophers and inventors of today.

Aeons and aeons ago men, women and children lived, loved and laughed just like we do today. They fought and they cheated. They forgave and they forgot. They played and they prayed. Just like today. They also studied and they innovated. They created and they invented. And some among them aimed for the stars as well. Again, no different from today.

Like modern-day Newtons and Einsteins, Abdul Kalams and Homi Bhabhas, they were 'Seekers'. They sought the truth -about the universe, about space, about life.

Be it Veda Vyasa who compiled the Vedas or Vishwamitra who was a master warrior, there were countless learned men and women of ancient-medieval India who doggedly explored and experimented to discover and arrive at many a philosophical idea, a mathematical formula or a scientific thought that we now take so much for granted.

Stemming from the Vedas, which were so intricately entwined into their day to day lives, they attempted to unravel the mysteries of their environment and lay them bare before their peers and contemporaries. Thereby laying the foundation for later generations to build upon. As is usual for anything that has survived some 3500 years of hand-me-down tales that were more often oral than written, the lives of these great men and women read like something out of a magical or fantasy-filled work of fiction. A fascinating mix of folklore, facts, myths and legends, these stories give us a glimpse into the lives they lived, the worlds they inhabited and the works they created, debated and wrote about.

Did airplanes fly in ancient India? Could men actually move mountains? Who first realized that the earth revolved round the sun or what eclipses really were? To find out this and more we need only to look at the myriad contributions of the great learned men and women of ancient India.

So, along with a brief introduction to the Vedas, shall we then delve into their lives and find out what exciting adventures they have in store for us?

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