Ancient Bhartiya War Cannon - शतघ्नी ( Thread On Ancient Bhartiya Yudha Vidya)

Introduction Of Shataghnee

I will give you the introduction about this subject with proof in the next points

Shat or Sahastra is used as a plural, this weapon is called Shataghnee to kill many people in a single blow.

In Veda - Rig-Veda 1-84-9
And Atharva-veda 11-2-12

Swami Dayanand ji also mentioned Agni-astra , Varuna-astra, Bhasundi and Shataghnee..
Yajur-veda Bhashya :- 13-10

Ramayana describes Ayodhya with high turret, flag and hundreds of Shataghnee. Even after Hanuman ji reached Lanka, Hanuman ji said that there were stone throwing instruments in all directions and there were many centuries around the kilo.

Ayodhya is described in the Ramayana with a high turret, flag and hundreds of centuries. Even after Hanuman ji reached Lanka, Hanuman ji said that there were stone throwing tools in all directions and Shataghnee was all around the palace.

Typing mistake not Centuries and kilo It is shataghnee and Fort

Kautaliya Arthashastra - It is also mentioned in Chanakya's Arthashastra that Shatghni has been used, it was portable at the time of Chanakya, it was said that it can be moved to another place.

Proofs :- कौटिल्य अर्थशास्त्र /
आयुधागाराध्यक्ष 18/2

Gunpowder - Western historians believe that the cannon was first used in Babur in 1526 and has not been seen before and is said to have been invented in the 14th century by a Christian clergyman, but by the Encyclopaedia Britannica

It has been refuted and it is said that gunpowder has been invented by China or India. (Page 5)
In the poem Bharat Champu, the raindrops have been compared to bullets coming out of the tube. भारतचम्पू 3/54

When Narada preaches politics to Yudhishthira and asks if you know the sutras and yantrasutras of Dhanurveda, do you have all kinds of arsenals and craftsmen who equip the instruments around your palace?
महाभारत

The city of Indraprastha was equipped with different Shataghnees and various instruments.

Mahabharat

In the Agni Purana, the weapons thrown by the chap Shataghnee and the nozzles are placed in the mechanical category.
- Agnipuran

In the Samranga Sutradhara, the seeds of the Yantra, which means fuel , are prepared separately or mixed together by four elements. 31/5

So this is only a introduction related to this Yantra...

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