Did you know about Mahameghavahana Kharavela?

We all know that Odisha was once called ‘Kalinga’ but most people are not aware about Aira Maharaja Mahameghavahana Kharavela was one of the greatest kings of ancient India.

He was the first great historical sovereign of ancient Kalinga who belonged to the soil and styled himself as Chetaraja-Vamsa Vardhana, and Kalingadhipati.
In history, it says that he owned many propitious signs on his body and was gifted with many qualities.

At the age of 15,Kharavela became the Yuvaraja, or Crown Prince,to understand the burden of royal responsibilities. By that time he was already skilled in five main subjects,namely,Lekha or Writing, Rupa or Coinage, Ganana or Arithmetic, Vyavahara or Law, and Vidhi or procedure.

Kharavela worked as the Crown Prince for nine years and later after completion of the 24 years of his life, he was crowned as the king of Kalinga. He then began his marvellous rule as the king belonging to the third generation of his royal dynasty.

He worked for the stability of his capital city Kalinganagari as the capital was earlier damaged by a severe storm that required repair and construction. In the first year, he repaired the gates, fortifications, and the structures of the fort of Kalinganagari.

Do you know?

The Battle of Hydaspes (326 BC) was one of the world's most fiercest battles ever fought.

The Battle of Hydaspes was fought between Alexander the Great of Macedonia and the great King Porus of Paurava.

On his campaign to conquer Asia, Alexander the Great had captured the Persian Empire. He then set his eyes upon India. His conquest of India, initially, went rather unchallenged. He gained several allies as well. The courageous King Porus, however, refused Alexander’s alliance.

He challenged him to a battle that would, later on, become one of the world’s most fiercest and deadly battles.
King Porus ruled the territory lying in between the rivers of Jhelum and Chenab. It was important for Alexander to defeat Porus in order to continue with his conquest.

Indian King Ambhi, the ruler of Taxila sided with the Greek ruler to fight against Porus. The Battle of Hydaspes took place on the banks of the Hydaspes River (Jhelum) in Punjab, modern-day Pakistan.

Alexander set up his camp near a town on the right bank of the river.

As Alexander’s men advanced towards their goal, King Porus’s army confronted them at a fjord on the Hydaspes River. Numerically, both the forces were almost equal. However, while Alexander had an advantage in terms of cavalry, Porus had the strength of around 200 war elephants.

भ्रामरी देवी दुर्गा के अवतारों में से एक हैं। दुर्गा के सभी अवतारों में से रक्तदंतिका, भीमा, भ्रामरी, शताक्षी तथा शाकंभरी प्रसिद्ध हैं। मां भ्रामरी की पौराणिक ग्रंथों में वर्णित कथा के अनुसार, एक समय जब पृथ्‍वी पर अरुणासुर नामक दैत्य ने आतंक का माहौल पैदा किया।

अरुणासुर ने कठोर नियमों का पालन कर ब्रह्मदेव की घोर तपस्या की।तप से प्रसन्न होकर ब्रह्मदेव प्रकट हुए और अरुणासुर से वर मांगने को कहा।अरुणासुर ने वर मांगा की कोई भी मुझे युद्ध में न हरा सके,न किसी अस्त्र-शस्त्र से मेरी मृत्यु हो, स्त्री-पुरुष के लिए मैं अवध्य रहूं और न ही दो व...

...चार पैर वाला प्राणी मेरा वध कर सके।
साथ ही मैं समस्त देवताओं पर विजय प्राप्त कर सकूं। ब्रह्माजी ने तथास्तु कह कर ये सब वरदान उसे दे दिए। इसके पश्चात अरुणासुर ने सर्वप्रथम स्वर्गलोक पर अपना अधिकार स्थापित कर लिया। देवता अरुणासुर से हारने के बाद घबराकर महादेव की शरण में आए।

महादेव ने सभी देवताओं को देवी भगवती की उपासना करने को कहा।क्योंकि वे ही अरुणासुर का अंत करने में सक्षम हैं।तब सभी देवताओं ने देवी की घोर तपस्या की।प्रसन्न होकर देवी के जिस रूप ने देवताओं को दर्शन दिए,वे चारों ओर से असंख्य भ्रमरों से घिरी हुई थीं।भ्रमर विशेष प्रकार की बड़ी...

...मधुमक्खी होती है।भ्रमरों से घिरी होने के कारण देवताओं ने उन्हें भ्रामरी देवी के नाम से सम्बोधित किया।देवताओं से पूरी बात जानने के बाद देवी ने उन्हें आश्वस्त किया कि अरुणासुर दैत्य का अंत अवश्य होगा और देवताओं का स्वर्ग पे राज पुन: स्थापित होगा।तत्पश्चात देवी भ्रामरी अरुणासुर..

IS THE GREEK HERCULES, INDIAN BALRAMA:The Symbolical and Historical context.

Around 305 BC, the Greek explorer Megasthenes arrived at the court of Indian Emperor Chandragupt Maurya at Pataliputra(present Patna).He came as an ambassador of Seleucus Nicator of Seleucid Dynasty.

During his stay in India, Megasthenes compiled a book Indica on the Geography, social traditions &religious customs of India.There were some very important observations made by him in this book.He wrote,"Hercules penetrated so far,Indians tell us, was a native of their country..

..He is particularly worshipped by the Suraseni(Shurasena), who have 2 great cities, Methora(Mathura) & Cleisoborus(Surapura) & the navigable river Jobares(Yamuna), passes through their territories".
Some scholars mentioned that Hercules mentioned by him is indeed Lord Krishna.

The parallels r quite remarkable.Krishna was born in Mathura at banks of Yamuna &he also belonged to Shurasena tribe of Yadu dynasty. But he was dark skinned & Balrama was fair skinned. Therefore, Megasthenes' description of Indian Hercules is strongly suggestive of Balrama.

In Indian tradition, Balrama is credited with wrestling &unarmed warfare. Like Hercules, Balrama is also depicted holding a club or a mace. Hercules used lion skin as his armour &Balrama also is sometimes shown with tiger's skin wrapped around his shoulders.

OM : THE PRIMORDIAL SOUND OF WHOLE CREATION AND COSMOS.

For a layman,its synonymous to meditation,they think that yogi sadhus chant it to meditate or do yoga sadhana.But its more than that. It's deepely embedded in Hindu culture &philosophy.

To truly understand its profound effects, we must have a basic understanding of sound. Every sound is made of vibrations. These vibrations have a source, they travel through air before reaching the ear and then they are interpreted by the brain.

The number of vibrations per second is called frequency. Since all matter is composed of atomic material, everything vibrates on some frequency.

Everything means all matter, including us, everything and everyone has some vibrating frequency.

The great inventor and scientist Nikola Tesla has very famously quoted, "If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration."

And he was right in saying so as we all know that sound never dies. It remains in the Cosmos forever. So, If someday we could develop a technology by which we could extract the sounds of the particular era from the Universe, we will be able to hear the Voice of Lord Krishna...

Manu is a term found with various meanings in Hinduism. In early texts, it refers to the archetypal man, or to the first man (progenitor of humanity). The Sanskrit term for 'human', means 'of Manu' or 'children of Manu'.

In later texts, Manu is the title or name of fourteen Kshatriya rulers of earth, or alternatively as the head of dynasties that begin with each cyclic kalpa when the universe is born anew.

The title of the text Manusmriti uses this term as a prefix, but refers to the first Manu – Svayambhuva, the spiritual son of Brahma.

In the earliest mention of Manu, in the Rigveda, Manu is only the ancestor of the "Five Peoples", or "Páñca Jánāḥ"

(the five tribes being the Anus, Druhyus, Yadus, Turvashas, and Purus). The Indo-Aryans considered all other peoples to be a-manuṣa. Later, in the Hindu cosmology, each kalpa consists of fourteen Manvantaras, and each Manvantara is headed by a different Manu.

The current universe is asserted to be ruled by the 7th Manu named Vaivasvata. Vaivasvat was the king of Dravida before the great flood. He was warned of flood by the Matsya avatar of Vishnu&built a boat that carried Vedas,Manu's family &the seven sages to safety,helped by Matsya

SRI THYAGARAJASWAMI TEMPLE CHARIOT FESTIVAL

The annual chariot festival of the Thyagarajaswami Temple is celebrated during April-may as per the Tamil month of Chitrai. On the day of the chariot festival the Utsava Moorthy (The Lord who comes out from his abode for procession)...

...is gorgeously decorated and brought out of the temple along with his consort to the Great Car and the procession goes whole day long. The Chariot is the biggest in its type, size & height. It is 96ft tall and weighs more than 300 tons.

Besides, this grand chariot, there are 4 more cars for the Lord's consort. All these chariots are big in size but comparitively smaller than the Great Chariot. Grand Chariot is intricately decorated with wooden carvings and framework.

Almost 10000 people r required to pull the chariot around the 4 surrounding streets of temple.Iron wheels fitted to car make the movement fast &easy.Event is attended by lacs of people from across #TamilNadu.The Chariot festival is followed by the Float Festival named 'Theppam'.

It was the time when Alauddin Khilji became the Sultan of Delhi after murdering his own uncle. To fulfil his expansionist ambitions Khilji was on a conquering and annexing spree. He tried to annex all the neighbouring Kingdoms. The ones which couldn't be annexed, he conquered.

Among those many Kingdoms was a small but significant Kingdom of Jalore in Rajasthan which he could'nt append to his growing empire. It was during this time when Khilji was planning an attack on the King Karnade of Gujrat for Plundering,Looting his Kingdom&destroying the temples.

Khilji asked all Kingdoms in the path from Delhi to Gujarat to let his Army through the safe passage,to which all the Kingdoms agreed but one.
King Kanhadadev of Jalore didn't trust Khilji &he refused the safe passage anticipating the treacherous attack of Khilji on his Kingdom.

Out of desperation and disappointment Alauddin Khilji invited Kanhadadev to his court.
Kanhadadev however, sent his son Biram Dev. The Rajput Prince had a striking physique and features and a beautiful charismatic personality, who was famous for his valour and wrestling skills.

Khilji provoked Biram Dev for a wrestling match with the best of his fighters, to which the Prince agreed. However, more than a wrestling match, it was a conspiracy to kill him as Khilji had ordered his fighter to Kill Biram Dev during the fight.

THE EPITOME OF COURAGE, VALOUR AND SACRIFICE:RANI DURGAVATI

I am sure,many of us don't even know who Rani #Durgavati was 'coz our #History textbooks don't tell us this. Today, let us learn something about this great warrior queen.

Rani Durgavati was a #Gondwana Queen who fought 51 battles, out of them 3 were against Mughals and she never lost. She was an exemplary woman who got married at 18 and was widowed at 24. At 24, she became Queen of a vast kingdom of mainly tribal people and fought 51 gallant wars.

She was a great war tactician &an exemplary young ruler who never lost any battle.She was born on Oct 5th,1524 in the family of Gurjar Chandela's Rajput ruler Keerat Pal Singh in fort of Kalinjar,Banda,UP. Her family built #Khajuraho temples which r a #UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

She was married to Gondi King Dalpati Shah in 1542.This brought an alliance between the Gonda family &the Chandelas of Bundelkhand so that they could resist the onslaught of Sher Shah Suri who attacked Kalinjar in 1545.
Same year Durgavati gave birth to Vir Narayan, her only son.

After the death of her husband in 1548, she reluctantly took up throne on the insistence of her ministers who were aware of her abilities &wanted the Kingdom to remain independent.She was only 24 and took up the reign on behalf of her son who was only 5 by that time.

क्या आपको पता है कि भृगु ऋषिकौन थे और भृगु संहिता क्या है?

भृगु संहिता में भृगु जी ने अपने ज्ञान द्वारा ग्रहों, नक्षत्रों की गति को देख कर उनका पृथ्वी और मनुष्यों पर पड़ने वाला प्रभाव जाना और अपने सिद्धांतो को प्रतिपादित किया।

शोध एवं खोज के उपरांत उन्होंने ग्रहों और नक्षत्रों की गति तथा उनके पारस्परिक सम्बंधों के आधार पर कालगणना को निर्धारित किया।

पौराणिक कथानुसार जब भृगु ऋषि को ब्रह्मा ऋषि मंडल में स्थान नहीं मिला तो वे क्रोधित होकर भगवान विष्णु जी के पास पहुंचे।परंतु विष्णु जी निद्रामग्न थे अत: ऋषि के आने का उन्हें पता न चला। अपनी अवहेलना देख भृगु जी ने क्रोधित होकर विष्णु जी के वक्षस्थल...

...पर लात से प्रहार किया जिससे विष्णु जी जाग उठे और उठते ही ऋषि से पूछते हैं कि कहीं उन्हें उनके वक्षस्थल पर लात मारने से चोट तो नहीं लगी। प्रभु का ये आचरण देख भृगु ऋषि को अपनी गलती पर बड़ा पश्चाताप होता है, वे रोने लगते हैं और प्रभु से क्षमा-याचना करते हैं।

दीनदयालु प्रभु विष्णु उन्हें तुरंत क्षमा कर देते हैं। परंतु प्रभु के चरणों पे विराजमान माता लक्ष्मी अपने स्वामी की ये अवहेलना नहीं देख पाती और भृगु ऋषि को श्राप दे देती हैं कि वे कभी भी ब्राह्मण के घर निवास नहीं करेंगी और ज्ञानी एवं सरस्वती के उपासक दरिद्र ही रहेंगे।

Brahma temple in Pushkar is the only temple dedicated to God Brahma in the whole world. It is a pilgrimage site that is frequently visited by thousands of devotees every year. Located in the district of Ajmer, Pushkar is a small and serene town that hosts the world’s only...

...Brahma temple where Brahma Ji, the god of creation, is worshipped.
Brahma, despite being one of the most powerful gods and the creator of the universe, has only one temple dedicated to him in the world, and this is what makes the Brahma temple in Pushkar so unique among...

...several other pilgrimage sites and shrines in Rajasthan.
Located close to the sacred lake of Pushkar, the Brahma temple pretty much reflects the Rajasthani architectural style. The fact that it finds a place in several Rajasthan tour packages doesn’t come as a surprise.

Although the current structure dates back to the 14th century,the core structure of the Brahma temple is about 2000 yrs old.

Built on a high platform,there r a number of marble steps that lead to entrance of the holy Brahma Pushkar temple which is adorned with pillared canopies.

After the entry gate comes the pillared outdoor hall called Mandapa and then the main sanctum sanctorum called Garbhagriha which is dedicated to Brahma and his second wife, Gayatri.

भगवान अपने भक्तों की यश वृद्धि करने के लिए अनेक प्रकार की लीलाएं करते हैं।इस तरह के अनेकों उदाहरण आपको हमारे पुराणों में मिल जाएंगे।ऐसी ही एक भक्त थी सती अनुसुइया जिसकी कथा हम आज सुनेंगे।
त्रिदेवियां माताएं लक्ष्मी,पार्वती और सरस्वती सोचती थीं कि उनसे बड़ी पतिव्रताएं कोई नहीं ।

एक बार त्रिदेवों ने त्रिदेवियों का ये भ्रम तोड़ने का और साथ ही अपनी परम भक्त अनुसुइया का मान बढ़ाने का सोचा।
इसी कार्य को संपन्न करने के लिए भगवान नारायण ने देवर्षि नारद के मन में जिज्ञासा उत्पन्न की। इसके फलस्वरूप वे लक्ष्मी जी के पास पहुंचे। लक्ष्मी माता देवर्षि को देख...

...बड़ी प्रसन्न हुईं और उनसे कहा,"देवर्षि! आप बड़े दिनो के बाद आए हैं।कहिए कैसे हैं?" नारद जी बोले,"माता! क्या बताऊँ? कुछ बताते नहीं बन रहा।अब की बार मैं घूमता हुआ चित्रकूट की ओर चला गया था।वहां महर्षि अत्रि के आश्रम जाने का सौभाग्य मुझे प्राप्त हुआ। माता! मैं तो महर्षि अत्रि ...

..जी की पत्नी माता अनुसुइया के दर्शन करके कृतार्थ हो गया।तीनों लोकों में उनके समान पवित्र व पतिव्रता स्त्री कोई नहीं है।"
माता अनुसुइया का यही गुणगान देवर्षि नारद ने जाकर माता पार्वती और माता सरस्वती से भी किया।ये सुनकर त्रिदेवियों ने जिज्ञासावश अनुसुइया की परीक्षा लेने की सोची।

तब त्रिदेवियों ने अपने पतियों-ब्रह्मा,विष्णु और महेश से अनुसुइया के सतीत्व की परीक्षा लेने का हठ किया।त्रिदेवों ने बहुत समझाने की कोशिश की परंतु अपनी पत्नियों के हठ के कारण अन्ततः वे अनुसुइया की परीक्षा लेने को तैयार हो गए।

तीनों देव साधुवेष धारण कर महर्षि अत्रि के आश्रम पहुंचे।

Do you know?

The constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world and it was written by a man named Prem Behari Narain Raizada in his own handwriting.

The constitution has always been associated with Dr Ambedkar,chairman of the drafting committee,who was its architect,but very little is known about the man who penned it down.

The first draft of Indian Constitution was completed on 26th Nov 1949 is no less than a masterpiece.

While Nandalal Bose and his students designed the borders of every page and adorned it with beautiful art pieces, it was the singlehanded effort of Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena) that brought the primary contents and the preamble to the Constitution, to life.

Shri Prem Behari was born on 17 December 1901, in a family of traditional calligraphists. He lost his parents when he was very young and was brought up by his grandfather Master Ram Parshadji Saxena and uncle Mahashya Chatur Behari Narayan Saxena.

Prem Behari’s grandfather was a scholar in Persian & English. He even taught Persian to British officials.
When the draft of the Constitution was ready to be printed,the then PM Jawaharlal Nehru approached Shri Behari with the proposal of handwriting it in a flowing italic style.

🌺श्रीरामचरितमानस घर में रखने का महत्व और पाठ करने के लाभ 🌺

जिस घर में प्रतिमाह पूर्णिमा को रामायण का पाठ होता है, उस घर में अकाल मृत्यु नहीं होती है।

जिस घर में श्री रामचरितमानस रखी होती है वहां कभी भूत, पिशाच, प्रेतों का
वास नहीं होता।

जिस घर में रामायण के पास शाम के समय
देशी गाय के घी का दीपक जलाया जाता है ,उस घर में अन्न की कमी कभी नहीं होती है।

जिस घर में श्री रामचरितमानस के पास
सुबह शाम गौ माता के घी का दीपक
प्रतिदिन जलाया जाता है ,
उस घर में आरोग्य बढ़ता है।
बीमारियां कम होती हैं।

जिस घर में श्री रामचरितमानस की
शाम के समय देशी गाय के घी का दीपक जलाकर श्री रामचरितमानस की आरती
प्रतिदिन होती है उस घर पर श्रीराम जी की
कृपा सदैव रहती है, और घर में शांति का वातावरण रहता है। प्रभु की कृपा रहती है।

जिस घर में प्रति सप्ताह रामायण पाठ होता है,उस घर पर प्रभु श्रीराम और माता सीता की कृपा हमेशा बनी रहती है।बच्चों की बलबुद्धि में वृद्धि होती है।

जिस घर में प्रतिदिन रामायण पाठ होता है, उस पर श्रीराम,माता सीता,महादेव, हनुमानजी,शनि-देव,नव-ग्रह व सभी देवी-देवताओं की कृपा रहती है ।

जिस घर में प्रतिदिन रामायण पाठ होता है,उस घर से दरिद्रता भाग जाती है, उस परिवार की यशवृद्धि होती है, उस घर पर मां लक्ष्मी की कृपा सदैव बनी रहती है। बच्चों को कभी भय नहीं लगता। भूत, प्रेत, पिशाच वहां कभी प्रवेश नहीं कर सकते। वह घर सुख, समृद्धि, शन्ति, धन,अन्न,सन्तान,मित्र...

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Bajiprabhu Deshpande was a great Maratha warrior who lead an Army of just 300 maratha warriors against an army of 10,000 plus Adil Shahi forces in the narrow Ghod Kind pass which was later renamed as Paavan Kind by Shivaji Maharaj.

This is his story.

Bajiprabhu Deshpande, born in a Marathi Chandrasainya Kayastha Prabhu family on 1615 CE.The Great Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was deeply impressed by him and appointed him as the military commander of south Maharashtra around the Kohlapur region.

Maratha infantry soldiers were trained to fight with their traditional sword known as Dandpatta, also know as Gauntlet sword in English. The patta has a long straight blade ranging in length from 10 to 44 inches with the gauntlet integrated in the sword as the hand gun.

Both Sivaji Maharaj & Bajiprabhu were master in using dandpatta.Maratha soldiers especially infantrymen used to fight with dandpatta against heavy cavalry.
After killing treacherous Afzal Khan in the battle of Pratapgarh,Marathas were able to capture Panhala fort near Kolhapur.

The marathas under Netaji Palkar then attacked Bijapur but the Bijapur forces resisted the attack.Shivaji maharaj then set their base at Panhala fort.
Under Siddhi Johar,the Adilshahi forces laid siege of the Panhala fort and were able to trap Shivaji Maharaj for almost 5 months.

THE TRUTH OF QUTUB MINAR( DHRUV STAMBHA): An ancient #Vedic observatory ie another wonder of our Vedic #Astronomers & #Mathematicians.

#QutubMinar was the observation tower of an observatory set up by the noted astronomist Varah Mihir much before the birth of Islam.

It is estimated that this observatory was set up during 4th.-6th. Century AD.The observatory provided major research in the field of Astronomy and was the place where many calculations about the movement of planets and stars were performed and #Vedic theories were validated.

The Muslim invaders were never famous for creating the #historical monuments of scientific utility but they were out to wipe off the #History and #culture of places they invaded, including #India.Their only concern was to loot the wealth and destroy the culture.

There was no Indo Islamic Architecture but only #Indian Architecture. Islam born only 400 years before Qutubudin Aibak had no architectural history but only destruction and annihilation.The #Historians of those times were all but hired slaves of Mughal Rulers.

Unfortunately, the English had access to only those false preserved records of Muslim invaders that were fabricated only to sing their praises.They tried to systematically wipe off the 8000 year old #Sanatan culture.

SARASWATI is an ancient river that used to flow in the ancient Vedic Era, although the river does not have any existence today. The Triveni Sangam in Allahabad is a confluence of the three rivers ie Ganga, Jamuna and Saraswati.

Of these three rivers the Legendary Saraswati river is invisible which is believed to flow underground and join the other two rivers from below and the point of confluence is a sacred place for Hindus called Triveni Sangam.

Rig-Veda mentions a mighty, snow-fed river Saraswati on whose banks the literature was supposed to be derived.
Was this then a description of the Paleo Ghaggar,making it the most ancient and holy Saraswati River itself?

These questions are sought to be answered in a paper published in Scientific Reports.
The Saraswati river was revered and considered important for Hindus because it is said that it was on this river's banks,alongwith its tributary Drishadwati,in the Vedic state of Brahmavarta,..

...that Vedic Sanskrit had its genesis and important Vedic scriptures like initial part of Rigveda and several Upanishads were supposed to have been composed by Vedic seers. In the Manusmriti, Brahmavarta is portrayed as the pure centre of Vedic Culture.

🌺A Very Interesting Comparison🌺

Till some time ago, religion and science were considered to be opposites, but now many similarities are coming out from the conclusions drawn from the analysis of scientists and scholars. But whenever it comes to Bhagwan Shiv, science..

..automatically associates with him.For example,u can understand by comparing Shivling&nuclear reactor itself.
Nuclear reactors and Shivling r often compared among themselves.There r many similarities between the two in appearance. So can these 2 really be considered the same?

It is important to know here that both are related to energy somewhere.There is a rule to flow water continuously on Shivling. Most of the Shivlings are found in the country where there is sufficient reservoir of water, such as rivers, ponds, lakes etc.

Similarly, all the nuclear plants around the world are also built around big rivers or seas.
The water that is used to keep the nuclear reactor cool is not used for any other use. Similarly, the water that is offered on Shivling is also not accepted as prasad.

The complete circumambulation of Shivling is not done. It is forbidden to cross from where the water is coming out. It is believed that this water is charged. Similarly, the water coming out of the nuclear reactor is also kept away from humans.

Did you know?

Rig-Veda (estimated to be composed around 23720 BCE), is the first recorded document about a prosthesis.

The anatomy,physiology, embryology etc. r discussed very clearly in Vedas.
The surgery is the most amazing science found in RigVeda over thousands of yrs ago.

It mentions the concept of Artificial Limbs in history of prosthesis.

“Sodao janghamaysing vishapalaoi dhana hite sterba pratyadhattyam” Rig-Veda- 1:116:15

Meaning," The foot of Vispala, the wife of Khela, was cut off, like the wing of a bird, in an engagement by night.

Immediately you gave her a metallic leg, so that she might walk".

Khela was a King and Agastya was his Kul Purohit. Through his prayers the Aswins gave Vispala a metallic leg.

In Vedic Times, surgery was practiced including major operations like amputation, laparotomy...

...and trephining of Skull.
Medical science was surprisingly advanced in ancient Vedic Indian times.Particularly in the fields of plastic surgery, extraction of cataracts, dental surgery etc.
And, there is documentary evidence to support these claims.

Aitreya Upanishad states..

...about how the organs develop in the foetus.
The Bhagwata states that the head of foetus is formed at the end of first month and heart starts functioning in the second month of pregnancy.
Statements recorded in these scriptures are found to be true by modern science.