Hey guys, today I am going to show you what I found about Lord Rama’s bow and arrow.
In case you are not familiar with him, Rama is the protagonist of the ancient Indian epic
called Ramayana.
Even today, Hindus worship Lord Rama who is typically shown with a bow and arrow.
Ancient Indian texts mention that he never missed his target, and his arrows could go
through multiple targets at the same time, there are carvings showing how his arrows
go through 7 trees before hitting the final target.
Was this a magical bow?
Or was he using advanced technology?
Here you can see two guys with bows and arrows.
It is clear that they are bows and it looks remarably simple, like basic wooden bows used
by primitive tribes.
Again, you can see a third one, but perhaps these are just regular archers, because look
at their clothes, just a loin cloth and no ornaments.
And they are just marching along, right next to regular foot soldiers.
But look at these bows.. there are wheels, strategically placed on both ends of the bow.
This is crazy because Believe it or not, today we use wheels or cams in bows, we call them
compound bows.
You can see these are smooth circles, just like today’s cam wheels on compound bows.
This is quite interesting because if you search online, you will see that the compound bow
was invented just 50 years ago, in the US.
But this temple is a thousand years old, and it clearly shows how ancient builders were
using compound bows with wheels.
It is easy to understand why putting wheels on a bow can make it much more powerful and
efficient, because you have just installed some mechanical equipment to enhance human
effort.
But is this why Rama’s bow was much more effective?
Did he just put wheels on his bow?
Here is where I found something really fascinating.
I found some huge carvings of Rama and his brother, and their bows show some insane details.
At first look, I thought they had wheels in their bows, but when I examined them closer,
I realized that they are not wheels, they are gears.
I mean look, you can see the teeth of the gear wheel, there is a gear mechanism attached
to the bow.
This is very very advanced ancient technology, because today’s bows don’t even use this
technology.
But within 20 years, before 2040, someone will start manufacturing this type of bow.
What will such a bow be called?
“Pull-Back Bow” Sounds familiar, right?
Because we have pull back cars today.
When we were kids, we had toy cars and when we wanted them to move forward, we just pushed
them forward.
But then someone gave us a “Pull-Back Car” and instead of pushing it forward, you pulled
it back, and it made a strange clicking sound, and when we released it, you remember how
fast it went.
This is the exact same technology Rama used in his ancient bow.
And you may think the pull back cars have batteries or something inside, but If you
opened the car, inside you will find a couple of gears, and a spring.
But yet, when we use this for technology, we can make wonders with it, so many machines
like watches and bikes, use this technology.
Of course some day, some guy will come and claim that these are just flowers.
Huh?
But why would warriors put flowers on their bows?
And if you look at any flower, the petals will be huge, and the center part will be
smaller compared to the petals.
But if you take any gear, the center part will be bigger and the gear teeth on the sides
will be much smaller.
And this is exactly what we see here.
And you can see the strings attached to the mechanism, just like today’s bow.
Everytime you see the gear, there is a string attached to it.
You can see this on all the geared bow carvings.
And you can also see these loose strings and knots..
These are called string silencers to absorb the noise and vibration.
Even in modern day bows you will see them, it is just the nature of the beast itself.
So Rama and his brother were using Pull-Back bows, this is why their bows were so efficient.
So why does Rama need gears & Pull-back mechanism in his bow, right?
Just to shoot a regular arrow?
It is time to look at the arrows, but this arrow is deliberately destroyed.
But you can see this one survived, and it looks absolutely weird.
An arrow by definition is supposed to be thin, slender and long.
But these arrows, actually look like missiles.
It is just really weird, because not only are they short and thick, they look like actual,
modern day missiles.
And we know the arrows were not just simple arrows, because according to ancient texts,
they would release an arrow and the enemy will explode or that area would be destroyed.
So we know something was inside this so-called arrow.
And the string, ha!
It does not even look like a string, it is so thick?
And look at that tip, this is not a regular pointed tip of an arrow to pierce the body
of the enemy.
It is filled with explosives.
We have all seen the movie Rambo where he does it, and there is a guy who does it on
YouTube as well, we can put explosives and release with a bow and make the target explode.
Okay, so you can improve the speed & efficiency by using pull-back gears and you can also
increase the destruction by adding explosives in the missile, but how do you increase the
accuracy?
I mean how do you accurately hit the target from long distance?
See our team is really lucky, because this is a brilliant ancient temple, but nobody
is there, and we are having the entire temple to ourselves.
We are documenting each and every carving, and see what we found here.
A bow resting on a tree.
Look, there is nothing else, just a bow resting on a tree.
And yes this is a compound bow, but look at the center, you see that cylinder in the center?
That is a scope, yes like a telescope with a lens to see the target better.
In bows, they call it a sight.
It is basically a cylinder with a lens, just like a telescope attached to a sniper rifle.
It is basically, the same technology.
The sight improves how well you can hit the target.
And we know ancient Indians were using lenses in warfare, because we can see telescope like
instruments in other temples as well.
So you see Rama was using a very very advanced bow.
Now these carvings are roughly a thousand years ago.
Archeologists say these carvings are anywhere between 1200 to 700 years old, so they are
about a thousand years old.
But the ancient epic which talks about Rama is much much older than that.
So we don’t know if Lord Rama had such an advanced bow technology, but from these carvings,
we know how advanced these builders were 1000 years ago.
These guys were not only using wheels and scopes like today’s archers, they were even
using geared pull-back bows which do not even exist today.
But what happened to these people, how did such an advanced civilization just disappear?
How did their technology get lost?
So what do you think?
Did Rama use a very advanced weapon?
How else can you explain the gears, scope and the missile like arrows.
Please let me know your thoughts in the comments section, I am Praveen Mohan, thanks a lot
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