donald r raab Wrote:
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> Now that is an interesting claim. I have seen
> references and such all over the place commenting
> on viamas. Where is your reference that it is all
> phony. And the wiki place is not infallible. And
> oppenhiemer did make the quote I mentioned. But
> if it is phony no big deal.


A podcast called the "Dumbasses Guide to Knowledge" gave this episode a pretty thorough spanking. This pdf is among the links--The Indian Institute Of Science's Report On The Vaimanika Shastra.

For believers in ancient heavier than air aircraft, if the Vaimanika Shastra is phony, it's a huge deal. Fo the rest of us, not so much .