Craving for advancement is one of the basic nature of mankind that results in more and more developed human civilization. This hunger gave rise to various innovations that changed the course of human life for time eternal. Ancient civilization also manifested this craving for development and left various proofs about advanced science and technology of that era. Mentioning of advanced weapons, aircrafts, electricity, nanotechnology, stem cells, advanced communication technology, medicine, etc. in ancient texts like Mahabharata, Vedas, etc. highlights the fact that ancient civilization was much more advanced than our modern day civilization.

Modern science and technology is not only a product of modern era’s intellect and imagination but it also has its seed in past. Any innovation and development requires a key element of inspiration, and our ancient texts act as the ocean for the same.

The Mahabharata gives us tremendous examples of the presence of higher intellect at that time. Knowledge of warfare technologies and tactics was restricted to elite class in that period and was not present in the public domain. As an instance, breaking the “Chakravyuh Formation” in a war was only known to handful of people at that time. Also knowledge of many advanced weapons namely “Divyastra” was also restricted to limited number of warriors depending on their capability to handle them. Thus, it can be easily inferred that the knowledge was considered as a “trade secret” and was passed on from a teacher to a particular selected disciple only, without even providing any textual record. This concept of “knowledge as a trade secret” was established in the society even in recent times and this led to the requirement of IPR system where knowledge can be shared worldwide by giving due rights to the creator for overall growth of each and every human civilization.