Surgeries in Ancient India (6th Century BCE)

Susrutha performed surgeries on nose, ears, bladder, cataract, fistula, joints, haemorrhage more than 2600 ago with surgical instruments, but first known surgery performed on human body was mentioned in Rig-Veda (composed around 23720 BC), where a Prosthetic … Read more

Dinosaur Footprints in Rajasthan, Jaisalmer

Dinosaur footprints in Rajasthan, India trace back to Pterosaurs or the flying dinosaurs which existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period (228 to 66 million years ago). The area around Jaisalmer, Rajasthan … Read more

Etruscan God Typhon similar to Garuda & Hanuman

Etruscan civiliaztion existed with a distinct language and culture during the period of earliest European writing, in the Mediterranean Iron Age in the second half of the first millennium BCE. Most of Etruscan religion and mythology became … Read more

Bhagavad Gita Facts, Dates and Original Author

The Bhagavad Gita (श्रीमद्भगवद्गीता), means the Song of God is found as a 700 verses (solkas) text in the Bhishma Parva of the epic poem Mahabharata. Many historians claim that Gita was not part of original Mahabharata … Read more