Vimanas: (Geez.. Where to begin...)

References to flying machines are commonplace in ancient Indian texts, which even describe their use in warfare. Besides being able to fly in the Earth's atmosphere, vimānas were also said to be able to travel into space or submerged under water.
There are thousands of pages of these texts. Furthermore, they are not just stories, but flight manuals, even technical manuals and instructions for the pilots that reportedly flew these vehicles.
They are not spoken of as make believe. All texts are written matter of factly.

According to the texts, vimanas were given to humans by the 'gods'. Eventually the humans rose up in a revolt against the 'gods', and so the gods attacked back.

From the Mahabarata:
“The heavens cried out, the earth bellowed an answer, lightening flashed forth, fire flamed upwards, it rained down death. The brightness vanished, the fire was extinguished. Everyone who was struck by the lightening was turned to ashes”. And again from the same source: “It was a ghastly sight to see. The corpses of the fallen were so mutilated they no longer looked like human beings. Never before have we seen such an awful weapon, and never before have we heard of such a weapon”.

The archaeological expedition, which carried out excavations near the Indian settlement of Mohenjo-Daro in the beginning of the 1900s, uncovered the ruins of a big ancient town. The town belonged to one of the most developed civilizations in the world. The ancient civilization existed for two or three thousand years. However, scientists were a lot more interested in the death of the town, rather than in its prosperity.

A lot can happen in two or three thousand years.


Researchers tried to explain the reason of the town's destruction with various theories. However, scientists did not find any indications of a monstrous flood, there were no fragments of weapons, or anything else that could testify either to a natural disaster or a war. Archaeologists were perplexed: according to their analysis the catastrophe in the town had occurred very unexpectedly and it did not last long.

Along the streets were melted objects that were later determined to be clay pots that had lined the streets. Some of the rock buildings were even melted together. What is hot enough to melt rock?



Some skeletons were found in casual positions; sitting, laying, holding their babies. This fact shows that the mothers died the same moment as their infants.



Scientists Davneport and Vincenti put forward an amazing theory. They stated the ancient town had been ruined with a nuclear blast. They found big stratums of clay and green glass. Apparently, archaeologists supposed, high temperature melted clay and sand and they hardened immediately afterwards. Similar stratums of green glass can also found in Nevada deserts after every nuclear explosion.


A hundred years have passed since the excavations in Mohenjo-Daro. The modern analysis showed, the fragments of the ancient town had been melted with extremely high temperature – not less than 1,500 degrees centigrade. Researchers also found the strictly outlined epicenter, where all houses were leveled. Destructions lessened towards the outskirts. Dozens of skeletons were found in the area of Mohenjo-Daro – their radioactivity exceeded the norm almost 50 times.

To this day, the area is still highly radioactive.



The great ancient Indian epic, the Mahabharata, contains numerous legends about the powerful force of a mysterious weapon. One of the chapters tells of a shell, which sparkled like fire, but had no smoke. “When the shell hit the ground, the darkness covered the sky, twisters and storms leveled the towns. A horrible blast burnt thousands of animals and people to ashes. Peasants, townspeople and warriors dived in the river to wash away the poisonous dust.”

And from the Ramayana:

Gurkha flying in his swift and powerful Vimana

hurled against the three cities of the Vrishis and Andhakas

a single projectile
Charged with all the power of the Universe.
An incandescent column of smoke and flame
As bright as the thousand suns
Rose in all its splendor...
a perpendicular explosion
with its billowing smoke clouds...
...the cloud of smoke
rising after its first explosion
formed into expanding round circles
like the opening of giant parasols...

..It was the unknown weapon,

the Iron Thunderbolt,

a gigantic messenger of death

which reduced to ashes the entire race of the Vrishnis and Andhakas,

...The corpses were so burned
As to be unrecognizable.
The hair and nails fell out;
Pottery broke without apparent cause,
And the birds turned white.

After a few hours
All foodstuffs were infected...
...to escape from this fire
The soldiers threw themselves in streams
To wash themselves and their equipment.


This is what is written. Besides painting a basic picture, I tried to keep my opinions about all of this quiet. Sometimes I get bored with hearing opinions. Obviously, I'm biased however. But anyway, there is much much more to discuss here, but this is a start...
Perhaps one good question to start with would be, how could people from thousands of years ago describe a nuclear blast with such detail?

Also, I'm sorry I didn't put any sources here, but I DIDN't FEEL LIKE IT!
Google Vimana. You'll find plenty of text to support what I have written here.

-sloth