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Sanatan E Books

I came across two excellent ebook blogs which provide lots of sanatan e books. Links are here: http://hinduebooks.blogspot.com/ http://hinduebooks.wordpress.com/

The great mathematician Aryabhata

http://www.archive.org/details/The_Aryabhatiya_of_Aryabhata_Clark_1930 The Aryabhatiya of Aryabhata (CE 476 to 500) is one of the most important texts in the history of Indian mathematics and astronomy. He composed this work at the age of 23. Here are some of his noted achievements that are found in Aryabhatiya: 1. Aryabhata asserted that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight and that the orbits of the planets are ellipses. 2. He also correctly explained the causes of eclipses of the Sun and the Moon. 3. His value for the length of the sidereal year at 365 days 6 hours 12 minutes 30 seconds is only 3 minutes 20 seconds longer than the true value of 365 days 6 hours 9 minutes 10 seconds. 4. He estimated the value of 'Pi' as : "Add four to one hundred, multiply by eight and then add sixty-two thousand. The result is approximately the circumference of a circle of diameter twenty thousand. By this rule the relation of the circumference to diameter is given." In

An Indian Ancestry: a Key for Understanding Human. Diversity in Europe and Beyond

A recent study reveals how human migrated from India to other part of world. http://evolutsioon.ut.ee/publications/Kivisild2000.pdf

Historical and Scientific evidence on Lord Ram's era

Literature and Local Legends have continued to keep alive the image of Rama as a popular legendary hero, a righteous man, a noble King, a God. The conviction about the historicity of Rama, is based upon the ability to date Rama and the Rama Setu, to around 5200 BCE, ie 7200 years ago using traditional methods and validate the date scientifically too. Get the detailed information here. http://www.historicalrama.org/home.html