Vymaanika Shastra or "The Science of Aeronautics"

The most famous document that is used by many people to support the idea of ancient Indian flying machines is the "VYMAANIKA SHASTRA" written by Pandit Subbaraya Shastri of Anekal,Bangalore,which was published by G.R. Josyer,Director of International Academy of Sanskrit Research.It is readily available on many websites,after the digital copy of the book was published by John Bruno Hare on his website Sacred Internet Archive.This book is also used by many "Ancient Aliens" show authors in their books like "Chariots of the Gods", "Ancient India and Atlantis" etc.

Now the geniuneness of the book is unfortunately unknown,as all the people mentioned above are long dead.And all the google searches on these topics result to a few UFO conspiracy websites,and then there's a dead end.And also the Joyser's academy is nowhere to be found on the Internet.

So what about the book? Is it real? Should we waste our time to read and understand it or just consider it another early UFO hocus-pocus?

As of now,atleast for the sake of filling up this blog,I will consider it of some value and begin my further research on it.

The First Page of the Book

In the next post,I will elaborate on the sources of this book and some history of Author Pandit Subbaraya Shastri.