A blog on Vedic Archeological Discoveries

This blog is about recent Archeological Discoveries that support the Vedic view of world history and development. It is maintained by Stephen Knapp.

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The great mathematician Aryabhata

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विरक्त सन्त : स्वामी रामसुखदास जी

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Vedic Mathematics : Shulba Sutras

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