Vedic Science & History: Ancient India's Contributions to the Modern World

Although just about everyone wishes to know the truth, the first article, "In Search of Truth", arrives at the startling conclusion that science can never give us the ultimate and final truth based solely on the scientific method of empirical deduction. "The Scientific Verification of Vedic Knowledge" presents empirical evidence proving the antiquity of Vedic civilisation and it’s many contributions to science and mathematics, as well as refuting the Aryan Invasion hypothesis. A sample of recent evidence, utilising modern scientific techniques, proving and highlighting many of India’s important contributions as well as its true history are presented in the article, From "Mythology to History". Complex mathematical equations and computations can be easily solved within one’s mind utilising concepts inspired by the Vedas. This is elaborated by the author in "Vedic Mathematics and the Spiritual Dimension". "The History of Numbers" tells us how contributions in Mathematics from India in ancient times make the world what it is today. The ten-based digital number system and counting have become an essential part of our everyday life, especially when we take into account the modern computer. These words you are reading have been recorded on a computer using a code of ones and zeros. It is an interesting story how these digits, originating from ancient India, have come to dominate our world. "Physics to Metaphysics" presents the esoteric spiritual conception of inconceivable oneness and difference (Achintya-bhedabheda tattva). This Principle is offered as a solution to the deficiencies, such as a critical singularity, found in the popular writer David Bohm’s monistic Implicate Order hypothesis of the manifest creation. The chapter, "A Question of Origins", examines the defects and failings of the modern scientific process in explaining the origins of universe and life, and forces us to ask the question, “Is science, as we know and practice it today, truly scientific?”