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🇮🇳 India · Ancient technology

Vimāna – Ancient Flying Machine (Vaimanika Shastra)

Claimed Treta/Dvapara Yuga (mythic) vs actual 1918 channeling · Claimed Bharadvaja Vedic vs modern Theosophy-era pastiche

1918 Mysore 'channeled' Vaimanika Shastra — 32 mercury-vortex vimānas proved unflyable 1974 IISc review.