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This consists of 52 slides and 2 page abstract of a talk I gave recently at IIT Gandhinagar. Three topics were covered.: 1)Constellation Śiśumāra (Draco) with fourteen stars of the Taittirīya Āranyaka carrying Dhruva the Pole Star 3200-2800 BCE. 2)Vishedeva: 3339 cosmic deities of the Rgveda who drink moon only in the dark fortnights. The Saros! 3)Visibility of Agastya (Canopus) as per Paraashara c 1400 BCE.
- Author
- Narayana Iyengar
- Language
- EN