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From: India Abroad | Date: October 31, 2003| Author: Narlikar, Jayant V. | Copyright information


India Abroad

10-31-2003

Time was when Indian science was centuries ahead of the rest of the world.
What slowed it down?

Whenever there is a discussion of Indian science a topic invariably brought
up are the enormous strides made by our ancestors. The claim is backed up
by citing ancient epics like the Ramayana, Mahabharata or Puranas that
contain episodes whose imaginativeness would put modern science fiction to
shame. Black holes, guided mi...

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