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I cannot delve into this realm without mentioning the Mahabharata, an ancient Indian epic that dates back to 400 BCE. This text describes great battles fought with weapons that level cities, reminiscent of modern nuclear warfare.
It's also in the Mahabharata. They, they talk about vaimanas, these flying crafts.
And ultimately, by looking at these stories and looking at what they do and how they interface with the world that they existed in, you're able to then apply those things to your life. So I think about my Indian and my Hindu friends... And it's no mystery to me that so much of that is steeped even in the cultural knowledge of, you know, the Ramayana or other Vedas or the, you know, totality of the, the, the, what do they call it? The muttabarat... Mahabharata.
Ancient Hindu texts feature stories about intelligent beings existing on other planets, like the Mahabharata, which tells of the gods coming to Earth in flying machines.