1 CORRIDORS OF TIME Dr Suvarna Nalapat Contents Preface 1Dreams from heaven .Introductory chapter summarizing the stream of consciousness of the author as a running commentary and analysis of thought processes from diaries 1969- 1999 2.Panchasidhanthika .The astronomical treatise of Varahamihira. 3.Mapmaking and division of globe as science(cartography) 4.Cradle of astronomy .Greece or India? 5.Routes and roots 6.Malabaar and Egypt and early Christians in India 7.Phoenicians and language development 8.Mathematics Brihadvaraaheesamhitha Kethu Saptharshi and koormavibhaaga Vararuchivakya Grahanyayadeepika of Parameswara Yanthra Volcanoes,tsunamis,floods ,metereological observations 9.Archeoastronomy ,ethnoastronomy,and archeogeodesy Myth and cosmology Astronomy and calendar in other parts of world Great floods,ancestor migrations,phylogenetic charts Interference distribution of energy and wave mechanics Dynamics of relativity Spacetime and its cognition in Bhaagavathapuraana of Vedavyaasa 10.Satyam ,shivam,sundaram Neurophysiology,numerical notations,and abstraction of concepts Philosophy and aesthetics of Virtue(Dharma)