Book Title: Scientific Secrets of Jainism
Author(s): Nandighoshvijay
Publisher: Research Institute of Scientific Secrets from Indian Oriental Scriptures Ahmedabad
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The Jain Time-Cycle And The Cosmic Calendar
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23. The renaissance in Europe and the
experimental method in science, originated at night at 11.59.59. 24. The progress of technology, the invention of weapons to kill mankind,
the beginning of the universal civilization and the beginning of space
flight - now and at the first second of the new year. This is the ultra-modern cosmic calendar, made by Dr. Carl Segan, the toprank scientist of the world and approved by other high rank scientists.
According to the chart given in the book 'Origin Of Species' written by Charles Darwin and published recently in 1979 A.D. 'cosmological' incidents can be shown as under : 1. Nearly 5 thousands million years ago - The Big-Bang and separation of the
earth. 2. Nearly 4.6 thousand million years ago - The crust of the earth was formed. 3. Nearly 3.5 thousand million years ago - Life began and bacteria were
produced 4. Nearly 1.7 thousand million years ago - Oxygen was produced in the
atmosphere 5. Nearly 70 crore years ago - Production of multicellular living beings, earth
worms and their fossils. 6. Nearly 57 crore years ago - Production of fossils of many kinds of
invertebrate animals for the first time. 7. Nearly 52.5 crore years ago - Production of fishes. 8. Nearly 38 crore years ago - Production of insects. 9. Nearly 36 crore years ago · Production of frogs etc. i.e. amphibians i.e.
animals moving on earth and in water. 10. Nearly 28 crore years ago - Production of reptiles etc. i.e. snakes etc. 11. Nearly 22 crore years ago - High level and final-stage development of
reptiles and production of dinosaurs 12. Nearly 21 crore years ago - Production of mammals 13. Nearly 13 crore years ago - Control of dinosaurs i.e. Dinosaurs as a
dominant and prominent animal. 14. Nearly 7 crore years ago - Utter destruction of dinosaurs. 15. Nearly 5 crore years ago - Development of mammals. 16. Nearly 1 crore years ago - Production of hominids for the first time.
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