What The Ancients Knew - India (Discovery Channel Documentary)

Originally shared by Krishnamurthi CG

What The Ancients Knew - India (Discovery Channel Documentary)
1. A good documentary on Yantra Mantra (Jantar Mantar) and the World's largest Sun-dial (Astrolobe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ONX15cz5124

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  1. Anantha NarayananOctober 16, 2013 at 3:21 AM

    what a great video and documentary. although the topics chosen are very less it is a very good introductory message which at least every Indians should watch. 

    At least after watching this we should be starting to feel ourselves not-so-inferior. This guiding force that our country "was and IS" still rich and diverse should help us either to propel more or to appreciate more. Not only proud to be Indian, but learning the actual spirit with which our forefathers lived.

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  2. Anantha NarayananOctober 16, 2013 at 3:21 AM

    Thanks Krishnamurthi CG for sharing such a great video...

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