The Vimanika Shastra: Ancient Manuscript on the Construction and Use of UFOs

This is the English translation of the Vimanika Shastra, which purports to be an ancient Hindu manuscript on the construction and use of flying machines. Table of Contents: Publisher's Preface; Preface; Plates; First Ten Pages Of Vymaanika Shastra In Sanskrit; Foreword; First Chapter; Second Chapter; Third Chapter; Fourth Chapter; Fifth Chapter; Sixth Chapter The work Vymanika Shastra has appeared in twentieth century in Sanskrit transcript form and subsequently translated versions in Hindi and English have been derived. All the existing four versions are common-sourced from the Sanskrit transcript of Pandit Subbaraya Shastrys revelations and recorded by his close associate and Sanskrit scholar Sri. G. Venkatachala sharma. In the Vedic literature of India, there are many descriptions of flying machines that are generally called Vimanas. India's national epic, The Mahabharata, is a poem of vast length and complexity, here is a a mass of fascinating information about flying machines, even fantastic science fiction weapons, that can be found in translations of the Vedas, Indian epics, and other ancient Sanskrit text. There are no physical remains of ancient Indian aircraft technology but references to ancient flying machines are commonplace in the ancient Indian texts. Several popular ancient epics describe their use in warfare.