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a period of a few decades. The present European calendar is
rather ad hoc that it contained 10 months only until a couple
of centuries ago when under the influence of Indian astronomy
it had to divide the year into 12 months albeit with arbitrary
number of days contained therein. Note the names of the
months September onwards. This month is now the ninth month
in the year. But when the Europeans had 10 months in a year
(January and February were added later!) then September was
the seventh month — Septa from the Sanskrit word Sapta.
Likewise, October was the eighth month — Octa from the
Sanskrit word Asta. November was the ninth month — Nove
from the Sanskrit word Nava. And, December was the tenth
month — Dec from the Sanskrit word Dati. Not only that they
borrowed the number system from us, they corrected their
calendar by making 12 months in a year, which used to have
10 months only. Rgveda (1.164.48) states that the earth revolves
around the sun in 12 months
dvddaga
pradhayakakramekam
The gravitational force is also well covered in the Vedas. The
sun attracts the earth and other planets towards itself giving
rise to the solar system. This ensures that the earth remains on
its prescribed path due to the attractive force of the sun ...
savito yantraih prthivimaramnii
(Rg 10.149.1). All the
events such as different six seasons (
vasantaya gritsmuya
..varsabhyam garade hemantaya gigiroya
Yv 24.20),
the rains due to the clouds
(...vatiiya dhamaya abhraya
Yv
22.26), eclipses (when moon covers the sun then the solar
eclipse occurs and it becomes dark everywhere ...
yattva sllrya
svarbhanustamasa
Rg 5.40.5), etc. are scientifically covered
in the Vedas. Moreover, the verses in the Vedas gave rise to a
rich development of mathematics and positive sciences in the
classical India. So much so that India was not only spiritually
rich, it was the richest nation on the earth until about three
hundred years ago when people throughout the world yearned
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