From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed Dec 13 2000 - 20:30:34 MST
At 10:09 PM 13/12/00 +0100, "scerir" <scerir@libero.it> wrote:
>The two most astonishing numerical claims from the
>ancient Indians are: a cyclic system of creation of the universe
>with a period of 8.64 billion years, although there exist longer
>cycles as well; and, speed of light to be 4,404 yojanas per nimesa,
>which is almost exactly 186,000 miles per second.
Well, one out of two's not bad. :)
Damien Broderick
[here at 13.5 gigayears and counting...]
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