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Rajesh Kochhar

Author of The Vedic People ( Orient BlackSwan), English Education in India, 1715-1835 (Routledge), and (jointly with Jayant Narlikar) of Astronomy in India (INSA)

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Why old Ghaggar cannot be the Rigvedic river Sarasvati?

Rajesh Kochhar 21/08/2016 No Comments

Rajesh Kochhar   Sarasvati is the most celebrated river in the Rigveda on whose banks numerous hymns were composed. While many rivers are merely named, Sarasvati is described at length in the old Mandalas. It is called a mighty river which raises foam, makes waves , roars, cuts its banks ( continue reading… )

The rivers Sarasvati: Reconciling the sacred texts

Rajesh Kochhar 09/05/2015 No Comments

Rajesh Kochhar   Sarasvati is mentioned prominently, repeatedly and in detail in the Rigveda as a real river. It also figures in the secondary Vedic literature as well as in the Puranas and the Epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata. However, all these accounts taken together are not mutually consistent. Now ( continue reading… )

Rahu and Ketu in mythological and “astronomological” contexts

Rajesh Kochhar 13/08/2010 2 Comments

Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol, 45, no.2, June 2010, pp. 287-297 Rajesh Kochhar Abstract Rahu and Katu were deployed as planetary deities in the sixth century CE immediately after the mathematical theory of eclipses was propounded by Aryabhata. Their literary credentials however go back to early Vedic times. ( continue reading… )

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