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When a teenager, rampaging like only teenagers can, pushed a desperate Duryodhana to the edge, turning the war into a freefall and a free-for-all.
That day, Karna’s cloak of invincibility was hurled to the battleground and stomped all over, repeatedly, by a sixteen-year-old.
Drona’s Chakravyuha was a flawless masterplan… but it was torn apart by a ‘force of nature’, sending all the calculations for a toss.
The chilling strategy behind one of the most fanatical army of 30,000 suicide attackers in ancient history.
The Chakravyuha was not meant for Arjuna, or for Krishna.
And, far from the bloodshed that it lead to, the Chakravyuh was designed to bring a quick end to the war with minimum casualties.
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In this concluding part, how both the Sarasvati rivers are being rejuvenated to solve major environmental issues.
The Sarasvati river of the Vedas and Puranas, was finally discovered in the sands of Kutch and Rajasthan. So the mythical Sarasvati at Prayagraj Triveni-Sangam… that turned out to be a myth, right?
Here’s the ‘Twist in the Tale’!
The revival of Sarasvati river has turned into a mission involving multiple states and multiple agencies.
Rocket Science, Nuclear Chemistry…. and a lot more.
The Top 5 tech that led to the discovery of the Saraswati river.
The scientific discovery of Sarasvati river is owed entirely to a baffling geographical riddle, the answer of which was unlocked by the amazing tech-leap in the last quarter of the 20th Century.
She is described as the ‘Mother amongst rivers’ in Rigveda - ambitame nadītame devitame sarasvati |
She is mentioned and eulogised in Manusmriti and the Purana amongst many ancient Indian texts.
And yet, on ground, the massive ancient Sarasvati remained a mystery… a myth.
She is described as the ‘Mother amongst rivers’ in Rigveda - ambitame nadītame devitame sarasvati |
She is mentioned and eulogised in Manusmriti and the Purana amongst many ancient Indian texts.
And yet, on ground, the massive ancient Sarasvati remained a mystery… a myth.
In this final part on the oldest warrior in Māhābhārata… from Kekeya to Vāhlika across the Hindukush - by the end of war, no kingdom in north-west Bhārata was left with a king. How far-reaching were the consequences?
A chain-reaction that pulled the great Kuru king - Lord of the realm of 7 rivers - into direct combat with his great-grand nephew, deep in the night of the 14th day of Māhābhārata.
Saptādhipati Vāhlika was killed on the 14th day of the Mahabharata war. - the day when all rules broke... and all hell broke lose.
That one event in Mahabharata, which shattered all ties between the Kaurava and Pandava, turned the war into an all-consuming rage, ending in total annihilation of both the armies within a few days.
It was not Bhishma who was the oldest warrior in Mahabharata… Heard of the Saptādhipati - Lord of the realm of 7 rivers?