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Book Description  
Rigveda is the first book of humankind and the most sacred scripture of Hinduism. Rigveda was written nearly five thousand years ago and was passed on from generation to generation orally for hundreds of years. Extensive efforts were made to preserve the Vedas in India. In this pathbreaking book the discovery of Rigveda as a book of cosmology and particle physics is described and related to the seals of ancient Indus Valley Civilization. 

From the Author  
I have always been fascinated by Hindu mythology. At the same time I have always wondered about the scientific information behind the stories found in our scriptures. While reading Rigveda it became clear to me that there is a code behind the apparent meaning of Rigveda. Rigveda is full of verses that seem like puzzles. Simply put, they do not make sense at all. It describes cows as having eight ears, horses as having horns, and so on. With my background of modern science I was able to get a...