Rautako Ah

The origin of humanity on the globe is very hotly debated issue today. Now with the emergence of many branches of science, this issue is investigated from different angles and aspects. Earlier archaeology was only the tool to ascertain the antiquity and origin of human beings on the various parts of globe. In the light of new researches into various sciences, the present authors attempt to revisit and re-examine the available data of confronting views put forth by different scholars and historians. This attempt may help ascertain the origin and expansion of human beings on the globe without any prejudices and pre-conceived notions. The data mainly consists of the studies pursued in archaeology, history, literary references, linguistics, Populaton studies and genetics.

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, Kautalya 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 with 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.