This book presents the basic fundamentals of descriptive archaeoastronomy and its application
to the astronomical descriptions found in ancient Indian scriptures. Archaeoastronomy is a
branch of positional astronomy that helps to determine the epochs of ancient astronomical
alignments and special astronomical events. In this book only the descriptions of special
stellar alignments and events found in ancient texts can identify the antiquity of the
descriptions. India possesses a large volume of ancient scriptures like Vedas and Puranas which
contain many astronomical descriptions as in ancient India positional astronomy was well
developed. The antiquities of these texts are determined through archaeoastronomical
techniques. Major events like Mahabharata War are dated and using these dates a chronology of
ancient India is determined. The astronomically determined chronology is compared with the
results from various archaeological palaeoclimatological geological and genealogical
investigations of ancient India. This introductory book interests readers interested in
unveiling the mystery involved with the protohistory of this ancient civilization.
