Dating the Surya Siddhanta | Dr. Raja Ram Mohan Roy |

This talk will delve deep into Vedāṅga Jyotiśa and the Surya Siddhanta alongwith various other credible sources to critically analyse and discuss why the Sūrya Siddhānta cannot be older than 2,000 BCE.

Speaker Bio:
Dr. Raja Ram Mohan Roy is an IIT - Kanpur graduate and a Ph.D from the Ohio State University, USA. He is a Vedic Scholar, Materials Scientist, Author of books on Vedic Astronomy, Jain Astronomy, and Ancient Indian History.

Sub-Topics:
0:00 Intro
4:15 Vedānga Jyotiśa evidence
8:42 Earth's Obliquity
13:45 Aphelion and Perihelion
19:00 Agastya was the Pole Star
44:15 Conclusions
Q&A
46:29 Are the pole star etc, specific to a particular geographical sphere for viewing?
53:25 Is the real date of Surya Siddhanta precisely known?

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