Brahmastra to Brahmos – Weapons of Ancient India

War is not new to Indians. Nearly, 2800 years ago, a treatise on wars and weapons was composed here, in our subcontinent. Some of the descriptions of the weapons mentioned in the Mahabharata seem eerily close to the advanced missile systems we use today.

Check the video for the various categories of weapons listed in our war texts and to know about the Brahmastra, the most powerful of the celestial weapons.

Link to my book “Our Gods and their Weapons’

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The Riddles of Vyasa

There are several difficult expressions and riddle-like verses in the Mahabharata. They are called the Vyasa Kutas.

Legend has it that it is these difficult Vyasa kutas that made Lord Ganesha pause and ponder over while writing down the great epic.

But, the story of Ganesha writing down the Mahabharata serves a larger purpose.

Click the link to know the whole story!