According to a Space.com report, the language of the Rig Veda is mostly symbolic and allegorical. This makes it a little difficult to understand which things are myths and which are historical. However, two scientists tried to understand the Rig Veda. These include Mayank Vahia of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai and Mitsuru Soma of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. Both of them think that they have found indications of ancient solar eclipse in the Rig Veda.
The scientists stated their conclusion Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage According to the report, the Rigveda was compiled in 1500 BC. Most of the information written in it is contemporary, that is, of the time when the Vedas were written. However, historical events are also mentioned in the Rigveda. From one such description, scientists have got information about the solar eclipse.
After reading the Rigveda, scientists have told about two possible dates of solar eclipse. The first is-
22 October, 4202 BC and 19 October, 3811 BC. These two dates have become the oldest dates to mention a solar eclipse. Earlier, scientists had found a clay tablet from an excavation in Syria. It mentions solar eclipses in 1375 BC and 1223 BC. A carving on a rock in Ireland refers to an eclipse in 3340 BC. Now the Rigveda has presented even older dates. If those years of BC are connected to the present time, then a mention of a 6 thousand year old solar eclipse has been found in the Rigveda.
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