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Sayana's commentary on the Rigveda gives a figure that, w...
2026-07-21
The Vedas calculated the speed of light
thousands of years ago.
Sayana's commentary on the Rigveda gives a figure that, when calculated mathematically, yields 2.998 × 10⁸ m/s — virtually identical to the modern precisely measured value.
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