HRD Minister Claims Indian Scriptures Mentioned Gravity Much Before Isaac Newton Did
Union Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal claimed that Indian scriptures mentioned the concept of gravity long before physicist Isaac Newton did. He also appealed to the directors of IITs and NITs to do more research on ancient Indian science.
Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Ramesh Pokhriyal claimed that Indian scriptures mentioned the concept of gravity long before physicist Isaac Newton did, The Print reported.
The minister made these remarks during the address at Gyanotsav, an event organised by RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), to discuss the new education policy. He also appealed to the directors of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) to do more research on ancient Indian science.
¡°We need to prove that all that we keep talking about like Charaka, Aryabhata, they all existed and that our scriptures mentioned the concept of gravity much before Newton discovered it,¡± the HRD minister was quoted as saying by The Print.
The event saw people like RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat, Patanjali founder Ramdev¡¯s close aide Balkrishna, and other RSS leaders in attendance. Several other directors of IITs, NITs, heads of the University Grants Commission and the All India Council for Technical Education were also there.
¡°When we spoke about yoga, people used to cringe. Whatever we had in the past was never conveyed to the youngsters in a modern way, we erred someway in communicating our ancient wisdom. This is why I want to appeal to all the directors of IITs and NITs that they should take up more research on ancient knowledge,¡± he added.
According to IANS, the minister also asked the institutions to prove that Sanskrit is the ¡°most scientific language¡± and the most appropriate too, for talking computers - if they become a reality in the future.
¡°Sanskrit is the oldest language as the ¡®Vedas¡¯ and ¡®Puranas¡¯ were written in the language,¡± he said. ¡°Sanskrit is the mother of all languages on the planet. If there is any other language that you can claim to be older than Sanskrit, you should tell me.¡±
Pokhriyal also made similar claims at the convocation ceremony of the IIT Bombay, last week.
In the 1600s, physicist and mathematician, Isaac Newton was sitting under an apple tree and apparently, an apple fell on his head. That's when he started thinking about what prompted the apple to fall off the tree and on to the ground.
Newton published his ¡®Theory of Universal Gravitation¡¯ in the 1680s.
