Beschel, the longest radius of earth is 3962.802 miles and the shortest radius is 3949.555 miles (see Golaadhyaya ). According to SriSurya-siddhanta the circumference of the earth is 1,600 yojanas (page 9). * Bimala Prasada Siddhanta Saraswati’s Note: According to Aryabhata, the circumference of the earth is 1050 yojanas ( Aryasiddhantanuvada, page 3). If we subtract the latitudes of the two places situated north and south of each other, multiply that difference with the circumference of the earth and divide this product with 360, we can determine the distance between them in yojanas. It is said that the circumference of the earth is 4,967 yojanas and its diameter is 1,581 yojanas.

Below see a quotation from Siddhanta siromani and a note (commentary) by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakura. Here is the evidence using sastra caksus (seeing through the eyes of the sastras- scriptures) and hearing from the acaryas. Regarding the earth we live on which is called Bharata-khanda, it appears that it is a completely round sphere.

Then what about main stream science that speaks about globular earth with its day-night changes and change in seasons?ĭanavir Goswami: We don’t find a description in the sastras of Jambudvipa as being spherical-circular yes, spherical no.

Then Bharata-khanda should be in conical shape (like a mountain or temple gopuram) to explain the day-night changes as we experience. The sun is not a small object that only brightens 500 yojanas (4,000 miles) area and not even 1,000 yojanas area. Question: Many people (flat earth supporters) say that Bharata-khanda is flat because it is just an island (dvipa) as it is mentioned in Visnu and Vayu Puranas, not as a globe. What is your opinion of the flat earth theory? If it is flat, then how can we explain day-night changes, because a flat surface will have sunlight twenty-four hours a day, 360 days a year.

Is the earth is round or flat