Atharva Conversation | Indian Astronomy | Prof RN Iyengar & S. Subrahmanya In the interest of tracing the history of Indian astronomy from Vedic times it became necessary to find out what was known to Parashara several centuries before Varahamihira. The importance of Vṛddhagargiya Jyotisha (VGJ) for tracing the history of science in general and of Hindu astral sciences in particular can never be over emphasized. Between Parashara and Vrddha Garga, the former is more interesting since his statements are in prose. Vrddha Garga in verse follows Parashara closely with some important additional information. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2NRMYlfkWg