The Study of Indian History and Culture - Vol - 14 of 18 General Editor - Shripad Kulkarni In every human endeavour the urge to know and to discover the secrets of nature around is implicit Necessity is the mother which urges the men to think and to discover The great discovery of fire is one such The Vedas attribute this discovery to the sages. Atharvana and Angirasa whose period is very ancient and is shrouded in antiquity The Vedas also record the discovery of numerals from one to nine and zero These have led them to lay the foundations of the sciences of Mathematics Astronomy Physics, Chemistry Biology and other arts and crafts In the domain of philosophy the discoveries noted are so great that they remain unsurpassed till today by any later effort of man in this respect The Vedas are the heritage of mankind. They are the first and the most ancient records of man They do not belong to one nation or group of people Politics divides while science unites The Vedas the source of all sciences had united the ancient world and culturally it was one unit till the Semitic faiths the political creeds divided man from man In remote days the Hellenistic world picked up the ideas contained in the Vedas from their neighbours the Arabs, who in turn had imbibed these from their source, India, the original habitat of the Vedas Except the recent discoveries of the technique of the use of steam power and electrical energy, all other discoveries have their sources in the Vedas The Vedic seers know how to ply aeroplane in the air The pages that follow unfold this great saga of human achievements Let the peoples of the world appreciate these and unite under the banner of the Vedas the mother scripture of mankind. Published on 1997 Available in ENGLISH and MARATHI Hardcover, Pages: 365 Publisher: Shri Bhagwan Vedvyasa Itihasa Samshodhana Mandir (BHISHMA)