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  • Sage Agastya Battery Recreated - Were our ancestors more advanced than we are?

    Kaustubh Katdare

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    Updated: Oct 27, 2024
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    Just stumbled upon this video and while it's simple chemistry to us, I'm wondering if the ancient people actually knew a lot more than we do? 

    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-7Y3UuejOs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Recreating a 4000 Year Old Battery - Was Electricity Used in Ancient Times? - YouTube</a>

    Wondering if anyone's had a chance to read the Agastya Samhita?

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  • Ramani Aswath

    Member • Oct 5, 2018

    Firstly, it is much simpler to hang the copper and zinc vertically with a gap rather than using saw dust to keep the horizontal foils separate. Secondly, saw dust being lighter wouldn’t remain in that position when the copper sulphate solution was poured in. I am not aware that zinc metal was available at Agastya’s time.

    I have initiated some investigation with Prof.Sriram, a physicist, who’s currently working on ancient astronomy in India studying various Sanskrit documents. Shall post here if anything turns up.

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  • Ramani Aswath

    Member • Oct 6, 2018

    I find it very unlikely that Agastya described a primary cell and series connection of a hundred of them.

    There are even doubts about his period. Agastya samita’s veracity itself is questioned by scholars.

    Anyway here is some more ‘time pass’ (more like time waste) info:

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