SPACE EXPLORATION BY SAMPATI-JATAYU BROTHERS IN ANCIENT INDIA

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Year : 2026 | Volume : 15 | 01 | Page :
    By

    Rajkishore Prasad,

  • Shivanshu Raj,

  1. Principal, Bihar National College, SRISHTI Laboratory, Ashok Rajpath, Patna University, Patna, Bihar, India
  2. Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering SRM University, Patna, Bihar, India

Abstract

In this paper a scientific investigation on the space exploration, done in the ancient India, is being presented based on the evidences of the same available in one of the most ancient and revered Indian epics the Ramayana, written by the great seer, researcher and astronomer sage Maharshi Valmiki, in which one can find descriptions of two vulture brothers namely Sampati and Jatayu who made that journey in space and they had described egocentrically their observations about the Earth from space. However, in the full description of their space journey in that epic nothing has been described about the height attained by them in the numerical figure and that is the point of study and focus of investigation of the present study and research work. Based on the textual descriptions of observations, it is interesting to look for the possibilities of estimation of their height of observation. To carry out the same, the empirical study made here is based on their very important textual depiction that they went up to the height, named here as J-S point, from where they had observed the Earth and the Sun of the same size. The modern scientific knowledge of space technology and related observations indicates that even from the surface of the Moon, the Earth looks bigger than the Sun as seen from the Earth’s surface. The estimates of their heights of observation presented here are based on such lingual descriptions that show that the Jatayu and Sampati (J-S) brothers observed the Earth from order of 610km which seems unbelievable and unacceptable, but the proposed calculations also confirm similar projections.

Keywords: Space Exploration, Ancient India, Earth’s Surface, Planets, Research Programs

How to cite this article:
Rajkishore Prasad, Shivanshu Raj. SPACE EXPLORATION BY SAMPATI-JATAYU BROTHERS IN ANCIENT INDIA. Research & Reviews : Journal of Space Science & Technology. 2026; 15(01):-.
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Volume 15
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Received 31/03/2026
Accepted 04/04/2026
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