Dhanurveda (The Vedic Military Science)

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About the Book Dhanurveda, the standard work on Vedic military science being lost, the dissertations on the science found in the Mahabharata, the Agni Purana Akasha Bhairava Tantra, Hautalya Arthasastra Manusmrti. Matsya Purana, Mahabharata, Manasollasa, Yukti Kalpa Taru, Vishnudharmottara Purana, Viramitrodaya, Samarngana sutradhara, shkraniti and other small works on Dhanurveda like Aushnas Dhanurveda, Vaststha Dhanurveda, Sadahiva Dhanurveda, and Niti Prakashika are the only source of information on the subject left to us The present work takes into account all the data available with the present author in fragment form or manuscript form or the published form of various treatises of Dhanurveda, so that a factual and actual picture of military science or the science of warfare in ancient India may be drawn for the modern-day readers and researchers. The present work also contains the English Translation of the Vasisha and Sadshiva Dhanurvedas as appendix 1 & 2. This kindle version is abridged in the sense that it doesn't contain original Sanskrit text and illustrations. For illustrations and original Sanskrit text, the readers shall have to buy the hard copy version of the Dhanurveda.

About the Author Prof Ravi Prakash Arya is a world-renowned Vedic Scholar, Philologist, historian, and philosopher. He is a prolific speaker and writer. He is a widely traveled scholar who has delivered more than 350 popular and academic talks on various topics of the Vedas, Indian History, Linguistics, Philosophy, Culture and Scientific Indian heritage in various countries of the world. He is doing ploneering work for preserving and propagating the universal and scientific Vedic heritage of India under the auspices of the 'Indian Foundation for Vedic Science'. He has to his credit 75 research papers and 70 books running into 84 volumes on the various aspects of Vedas. Vedic Sciences. Vedic Exegesis. Vedic Philology. Vedic Philosophy. Religion, Indian History and Culture. He is the Chief Editor of a quarterly Research Journal "Vedic Science' dealing with the scientific interpretation of Vedas & Allied literature and ancient Indian traditions. This Journal is acclaimed as an authoritative document on Vedic Sciences. He is also the editor of the annual World Vedic Calendar. He has convented several national and international conferences, seminars and workshops.

Introduction War, as an art as well as science, was equally well understood in ancient India. The nation which overran nearly the whole of the habitable globe and produced Rama, Kṛṣṇa, Arjuna, Sagar and Bali could scarcely be considered less advanced in her proficiency in military science.

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