Dhanurveda: The Vedic Military Science - Paperback

by Ravi Prakash Arya (Author)

Dhanurveda, the standard work on Vedic military science being lost, the dissertations on the science found in the Mahabharata, the Agni Purana, Akasha Bhairava Tantra, Kautilya Arthashastra, Manusmriti, Matsya Purana, Mahabharata, Manasollasa, Yukti Kalpa Taru, Vishnudharmottara Purana, Veeramitrodaya, Samarangana Sootradhara, Shukraneeti, and other small works on Dhanurveda like Aushanas Dhanurveda, Vasishtha Dhanurveda, Sadashiva Dhanurveda and Neeti Prakashika are the only source of information on the subject left to us.The present work takes into account all the data available to the present author in fragment form or manuscript form or the published form of various treatises of Dhanurveda, so that a factual and actual picture of military science or the science of warfare in ancient India may be drawn for the modern day readers and researchers.The present work also contains the English Translation of the Vasishtha and Sadashiva Dhanurvedas as Appendix 1 & 2 with illustrations wherever necessary.

Author Biography

Principal Dr. Ravi Prakash Arya is an eminent Vedic Scholar, Philologist, historian and philosopher. He is an authority on Vedas, Indian Philosophy and culture. A prolific speaker and writer, he has travelled widely around the globe and delivered hundreds of popular and academic talks on various topics of Vedas, Indian History, Linguistics, Philosophy, Culture and Scientific Indian heritage in various countries of the world. He has delivered more than a dozen Radio and TV Talks in Bharata, Canada, USA, Trinidad, Surinam and British Guyana, Holland, etc. He has participated in more than 60 National and International Conferences and Seminars in India and Abroad. He is doing a pioneering work in preserving and propagating the universal and scientific Vedic heritage of India under the auspices of 'Indian Foundation for Vedic Science'. He has so far produced around 64 research papers and 38 books running into 45 volumes on the various aspects of Vedas, Indian History and Culture. He is also editing for the last ten years a quarterly Research Journal 'Vedic Science' dealing with the scientific interpretation of Vedas & Allied literature and ancient Indian traditions. This Journal is acclaimed as an authoritative document on Vedic Sciences. He is also the editor of annual 'World Vedic Calendar'. He has convened several conferences on Vedic Sciences and spirituality. He conducts workshops on several topics related to Vedic Sciences, Vedic Management, Yoga and Spirituality.