Hey guys, today we are going to find out what ancient Indians thought about the shape of
the earth.
Did they think the earth was flat?
Or did they think the earth was round?
First, Let us look at this visual, created according to an ancient Indian text.
This is the flat earth model, it is made of up of 7 concentric oceans and land masses
distributed on a flat plane.
At the very center, you can see a beautiful island called Jambudweep, and you can see
a golden mountain rising up like a cylinder, resembling the axis pole.
So the flat disk is made of land and water, and at the end of this disk, there are large
mountains surrounding this flat earth.
This is a very interesting model, to see this giant wall surrounding the edge of the flat
earth, because this is how the new flat earth model looks.
According to Flat earth supporters, the earth looks like a flat disc, and its edges are
protected by a giant arctic wall made of ice.
There are photos of these ice walls on the internet.
The resemblance between the new model and the ancient Indian model is uncanny, even
though the ancient text which talks about this is at least 1000 years old.
I could not find the original source for this animation, because this was sent via email,
and I would gladly give credit for the original creator, so email me if this is your video.
There is another fascinating detail in this model, it shows the Sun and Moon moving around
in the sky, in chariots, this is also very interesting, because this is the same detail
in the modern flat earth model as well.
Of course, without the chariots and horses.
According to modern flat earth theory, the earth is stationary and the Sun and Moon are
moving around it.
In ancient India, several texts and stories talk about the flat earth model.
Now, why does Hinduism have to talk about the shape of the earth?
Because there is a particular story where Lord Vishnu takes the form of a giant wild
boar and he lifts up the earth.
This is a very popular story, and it is carved in many ancient temples.
We are actually quite lucky to have this Hindu Story, because it helps us understand what
the ancient builders thought about the shape of the earth.
Because of this story, the sculptors carved the earth, in many many ancient temples, and
I always try to see how the earth looks, in the point of view of ancient sculptors.
And I have also been disappointed many times because, the earth is mostly shown as a woman.
So you cannot tell if the sculptor thought of the earth as flat or round.
The Boar here is Lord Vishnu and he is lifting up the earth, the earth is called Bhu in Sanskrit.
In Mahabalipuram, which is a very ancient site, Vishnu is shown holding the earth in
his arms, the earth is shown as a young girl.
This type of holding the earth in his hands is also a very popular depiction.
Again, this does not tell us if the ancient sculptor thought of the earth as flat or round
So does Hinduism subscribe to the Flat Earth Theory?
Before going into this, we have to look at another fancy theory that existed in Ancient
India: Concave Earth theory.
In this theory, some ancient Hindus thought that the earth looked like a hollow bowl.
It is a very interesting view, that the earth is visualized as a concave structure.
This is an ancient statue and you can see this figure holding a concave bowl like thing
in his hands.
Experts are not sure if this represents Vishnu, some say this is the Ape God Hanuman, but
there are also other depictions which show the concave earth model.
I have shown you 2 theories from Ancient India, one is the flat earth and the other is the
concave earth model.
Why do we see these 2 models in ancient India?
Because it is very hard to come to terms with the globe earth model.
Let's face it, the first time someone told you the earth was like a ball, your first
question was, Why are we not falling down?
How do you walk on the curved surface of a ball, why don't we see the curve at all?
Let me ask you this: When you were a kid did you intuitively understand and accept when
someone told you the earth was round?
For me, personally, I remember it was impossible to understand the round earth theory for many
years.
When you hear that the earth is not only round, but is also spinning at an insane speed, we
don't feel like we are moving at all.
So what did the ancient Hindus really believe?
The most important point to remember is that, there was more freedom of speech in ancient
India than what we have now.
There were several schools of thought and you could believe in whatever you wanted.
Today if somebody says the earth is flat then everybody wants to ridicule him or try to
convince him with various evidences.
But ancient India had much more freedom of speech, you could come up with any theory,
and even if your theory flies in the face of the established theory, you were free to
hold your ideas.
The second most important thing was that Hinduism did not have one central authority at any
given time.
So, there was no real head of the religion, in fact Hinduism was just a way of life, it
was just a civilization, which had multiple heads and tails, and of course this is one
of the reasons why no one could completely destroy the religion..
Because it was like a thousand headed Naga.
Now, let us look at the round earth model in Ancient Hinduism.
Here you can see Vishnu as a boar, and you can see the earth right here, depicted as
a sphere, standing on an axis, pretty much like a modern day globe.
Here is another one, this is also an ancient carving, and you can see the spherical earth
floating right next to the boar.
In fact, there are many carvings which do show the earth as round.
So it is clear that Hindus did have a round earth model as well.
This is why the earth was commonly called 'Bhugola' which means Round Earth in Sanskrit.
But is the earth really round?
Like a ball?
No it is not, the earth is not round, it is not like a ball at all.
About 300 years ago, Isaac Newton first proposed that the Earth was not perfectly round.
Instead, he suggested it was an oblate spheroid.
What is an oblate spheroid?
It is like a ball that is squashed at its poles and swollen at the equator.
So the earth is actually like an oval shaped structure, like an egg, but here is the twist,
Newton was not the first person to understand this.
Look at this carving in India, this is a 750 year old carving found in Somnathpur temple
and it shows the accurate oblate spheroid shape.
The statue is unmistakable, this is Lord Vishnu in the form of a boar, and he is holding the
earth, and the earth is not even shown as a sphere, it is shown as an oval.
Now, remember, in modern science, North is shown pointing up, but in Hinduism, North
is usually shown in the right side, which means the North-South axis is shown horizontally.
So this carving, accurately shows how the earth is a little bit flattened at the poles
and swollen at the Equator.
And yes, archeologists do confirm that this statue was carved 750 years ago.
How is this possible?
Think about this, how did a sculptor, understand the level of astronomy and physics of a genius
like Isaac Newton, 400 years before Newton?
The sculptor probably read an ancient text called Markandeya Purana.
And this text, which is about 1500 years old, tells us that the earth is not a perfect sphere
and it is flattened at the poles and bulging at the equator.
Which means someone figured this out 1200 years before Isaac Newton discovered this.
This is mind boggling!
Now why did ancient Indians have so many theories side by side, even though these theories completely
contradict one another?
Because in order for a society to advance rapidly, all theories must be examined and
re-examined.
I mean this video by itself, shows you some alternate view, it shows alternate history,
that the oval shape of the earth was not first discovered by Isaac Newton, it was known before
him, and we even have archeological evidence to prove this as a fact.
But because this carving is found in India, nobody is talking about this, and I think
I am the first person to show you that this carving shows the oblate spheroid theory before
Newton proposed it.
But this is alternate history, okay?
And of course some people will call it fake, even though I am showing you this evidence
right in front of you.
And 100 miles from this temple, there is another temple called Hoysaleswara temple, it shows
a figure holding a telescope, looking into the sky, with one eye closed and the other
eye looking through the device.
I mean it is obviously a telescope.
Archeologists confirm that this was carved about 900 years ago, but in history books,
and even science books, we read that Galileo and Lippershey invented the telescope just
400 years ago.
So right now, this carving is a part of alternate history, because it goes against the mainstream
history which claims that the telescope was invented 400 years ago.
But someday, this evidence will be taken into account, and then it will become mainstream
theory.
So a free society, must allow all alternate theories freely, in order to reach the ultimate
truth.
Now, is Praveen Mohan the greatest alternate theorist?
Absolutely not.
I know YouTube deletes my videos, it demonetizes my videos.
It will probably not show you this video on your feed, because it thinks this video is
also a conspiracy theory.
But my work is nothing when compared to the work of a great alternate theorist.
You know who I am talking about?
It was Galileo.
Let us go back 400 years and look at the life of Galileo in Europe.
Galileo publishes a crazy alternate theory at that time.
He claims that the earth is round, it moves around the sun, and the sun is the center
of the Solar system.
I mean this is mainstream science now, but at that time it was a huge alternate theory.
You know what happened to him when he published this theory?
The authorities, put him in house arrest for the rest of his life, he basically could not
go out of his house for 10 years and he died in his house.
And then, the authorities did something even more vicious, they tried their best to suppress
all his findings, and his books were banned, and no one was allowed to talk about his alternate
theory.
This is really scary, but history is repeating itself.
400 years later, the tables have turned, literally the exact opposite is happening.
Galileo's alternate theory has become mainstream now, and the flat earth has become the alternate
theory, but Round Earth Theorists, are not only ridiculing the Flat Earth Theorists,
but they are actually trying to suppress information about Flat Earth Theory.
For example, YouTube has put in an algorithm to suppress Flat Earth videos.
This is a screenshot from the official YouTube blog.
Try searching for Flat Earth videos, YouTube will not show you, the people who actually
talk about Flat Earth, it will show you videos which oppose the flat earth theory.
And this is very interesting to watch, how Social Media like YouTube and even the scientific
community suppresses Flat Earth Theorists with an iron fist.
And we can understand something from this, we have not changed much in the last 400 years.
In a truly free society, people must be allowed to examine and re-examine anything they want.
You can disagree with them, but if you are going to suppress the alternate point of view,
that is not only wrong, that is barbaric.
And I think this is the big difference between us and Ancient Indians, they were just more
civilized than us, and anybody was free to believe anything.
Why is Flat Earth theory so popular, right?
Because you cannot demonstrate this easily to make me understand that the earth is round.
The shape of the earth is a unique issue, let's take some other problem that we don't
understand intuitively.
Let's say someone claims that white light is not made of different colors, you can literally
do a demonstration and prove it to them, right in front of their eyes.
But you cannot easily demonstrate and prove the shape of the earth, you can infer this
indirectly from some experiments, or you have to choose to believe the scientists.
So, that is exactly what we do today, most of us, just choose to believe scientists.
I have not physically traveled to space and seen the earth's surface from the space, I
have only seen videos given by the scientists.
So I believe that the earth is round, even though I have never seen it with my own eyes.
So you too have a choice of believing the scientists or not believing them, but a free
society must allow free thinking.
It can teach us how to think, but it cannot limit information and it cannot tell us what
to think.
There is a good chance that YouTube's algorithm will think this is a video promoting Flat
earth and YouTube will suppress it.
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