Hey guys, today we are going to look at an ancient Hindu architect called Vishwakarman,
and how everything we know about him is wrong.
This 900 year old carving shows Vishwakarman with multiple heads and holding various weapons
- this is the standard explanation we get.
But that is pure nonsense.
If he has multiple heads, then how come the center head looks older while the other 2
heads show younger faces.
And look at the weapon on the left, it is not a weapon at all, this head is actually
looking into this device.
Now who is Vishwakarman?
According to Ancient Indian texts, Vishwakarman was the architect who engineered great cities
like Dwaraka and Ancient Temples with insane perfection.
An architect does not need weapons, so what is this device he is looking through?
He is using a theodolite.
Now what is a theodolite?
Have you ever wondered why you always see civil engineers standing and looking through
something?
That is a theodolite, it is similar to a small telescope.
And look at the similarity of the modern theodolite and how the engineer is looking through it
and how the ancient theodolite is shown and how this face is clearly looking through it.
It is a perfect match.
But what is the purpose of a theodolite?
It is used to make sure that an area is perfectly flat or horizontally leveled before construction
starts.
In real life, most areas have horizontal differences and how do you make it flat?
On one end of the site, you have the theodolite and on the other end, you must place a leveling
rod or a leveling staff, which has markings.
This is exactly what we see in the other hand in this statue.
This is the leveling rod, of course the marking are gone now because of erosion, but it is
quite visible in other carvings of Vishwakarman.
For example it is clearly visible in this statue - This is from the Sun Temple at Modhera,
built around 1000 years ago.
Other statues as well show clear markings, I had initially thought it was just a simple
ruler or a line gauge, but now it is clear that Vishwakarman was using a leveling rod
and a theodolite to survey construction sites.
Here you see another carving where he is clearly holding a leveling rod in one hand and a theodolite
in the other hand.
If you look at ancient temples, one of the things we marvel about is, how they were able
to achieve such flatness of the ground before they started construction.
Even on mountain tops, they were able to create perfectly flat plane and then build temples.
Now, we can fully understand how they achieved this.
The ancient builders carved the details quite clearly, this is not a multi-headed god.
They are showing multiple people working the same site, one guy is looking through the
theodolite, the other guy is in charge of the leveling rod, and the older guy with the
beard is the supervisor.
Another 1000 year old statue shows the same iconography with 2 younger guys on the side
holding the same devices with the older guy in the middle, this is quite clear how they
have carved Vishwakarman.
Remember how civil engineers make 3d drawings, these three faces could be indicative of that
as well.
This is very interesting because we have always thought that Vishwakarman was one person,
but perhaps it denotes a team of ancient engineers, just like how a team of engineers works on
a site today.
And I have been researching Vishwakarman for many months now, and I have seen various combination
of faces in ancient temples.
Sometimes All young faces, sometimes all older faces and sometimes a combination of both
young and old.
Ok, so I have shown you how Vishwakarman achieved perfect horizontal level, in the X axis, but
how did they achieve vertical perfection, in the Y axis.
Because when you examine ancient Indian structures it is amazing how you never see tilted monuments,
temple walls do not have any tilt, unless the builders wanted a tilt or a slope.
Every angle was built perfectly.
Now, what do we use to measure vertical perfection today?
This is called a plumb bob, It has the shape of an onion or a top, like a spinning top
with one half looking like a bulb and the other half with a pointed end.
And that's exactly what we find in Vishwakarman's hand.
I have seen many many carvings and it is unbelievable, but what he is holding looks exactly like
a plumb bob.
What is even more surprising, today we have mechanized plumb bobs, we can push a button
with one finger, and the string comes out.
But they must have used the same button system in ancient times as well.
Look at his finger.
Why is he shown with one finger on a specific spot?
I am sure some will argue that it is device is just a pot of water or something basic.
If so, why does he have to use one finger like this?
This detail is not shown in this carving alone, I have seen carving after carving, it clearly
appears that he is using one finger, like how we push a button today.
And if you look at this device he is holding in the same hand, this is just a long cylinder
and see how this is going into the ground.
This is a soil probe, which detects the strength and nature of soil before we start construction.
Today, we use a soil probe which is exactly like this, a long cylinder which goes into
the ground, and then we can examine the soil sample.
We have archeological evidence that soil tests were constructed 1000 years ago, we have inscriptions
proving this.
The Brihadeeswara temple in Tanjavur was constructed at its site after doing extensive soil tests
in various areas.
And this location was chosen because the soil was very good.
In his other hand, we can see a beaded mala or rosary which was used to calculate the
sacred geometry using number 108.
I have explained the importance of 108 and how it was used in Indian architecture in
a different video.
Ok now, we saw everything about pre-construction tools, but what about the construction itself?
How did they construct these impossible structures?
The answer lies in what Vishwakarman is holding in his other hands.
He is shown holding a strange tool which looks very advanced.
It appears to have several twists and turns, it must be some sophisticated technology we
still do not have.
Think about our human mind, we are only able to recognize that this is an ancient theodolite
because we have re-invented the theodolite in modern times.
Otherwise, we will think this is just a knife or something like this.
We can only understand what we have already seen.
So if we have not invented an advanced instrument like this yet, we won't be able to understand
it, but may be in the future, someone will create such a device and then we will recognize
what this really is.
While some carvings show this device with twists and turns, In other statues he is shown
holding a dome like device.
But strangely, almost all these devices have a split bottom, they don't have one rod, but
two split rods, resembling a tuning fork.
Today we have just begun to understand the power of vibrations and sound, but is it possible
that the ancient builders were far more advanced than us and were using resonance devices?
Were they able to manipulate sound and construct these extraordinary temples?
I have just started to uncover the secrets of the ancient architects called Vishwakarman.
It is very hard to differentiate Vishwakarman and the creation God Brahma because they are
both depicted with similar features in many temples, and in ancient Hindu texts as well.
The name Vishwakarman itself means 'The One who created The World".
Is it possible that they were the original group of architects who engineered the entire
human civilization?
Is this why we were able build incredible structures like Kailasa Temple?
Our current understanding of ancient Indian history is very limited because we are looking
down on the ancient builders, we are assuming they were less sophisticated than we are.
So people automatically dismiss ancient devices as simpler meaningless objects, if they see
a depression, they will say it is a spoon, and if it is blunt, they will say it is a
weapon.
So what do you think?
Did ancient builders use advanced technology in India?
Or was everything constructed with primitive tools?
Please let me know your thoughts in the comments section, I am Praveen Mohan, thanks a lot
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