A JOURNEY THROUGH. THE UNIVERSEAcknowledgements Permission is gratefully acknowledged from the following sources for the illustrations appearing on the pages indicated: ‘Associated Universities Inc. National Radio Astronomy Observatories © 1978 photograph by Richard A. Perley and Anthony G, Willis (p. 57), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Holmdale, N.J. (p. 61), Indian Institute of Astrophysics (p. 12), Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, Carnegie Institution of Washington (pp. 22, 38), Professor S. Naranan (p. 4), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (p. 18 below), National Optical Astronomy Observatories (pp. 23, 24, 58), Palomar Observatory, California Institute of Technology (pp. 8, 28, 47, 54-55), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, photographs by Bharat Upadhyaya (pp 16, 1, 45), line drawings by Drawing Office Staff (pp. 8, 15, 21, 33, 39, 42). ISBN 81-237-0026-1 First Edition 1986 Revised Edition 1992 Sixth Reprint 2004 (Saka 1926) © Jayant Narlikar, 1986 Published by the Director, National Book Trust na a Ancient Hindu concepts of the Universe are depicted here. It shows the Earth as resting on elephants resting on a turtle which,.in turn, rests on a cobra, + The ‘Maya Stele’, showing dates carved on stone. The Mayan civilization used the 365-day calendar based on the Sun,Nehru Bal Pustakalaya A JOURNEY THROUGH THE UNIVERSE JAYANT NARLIKAR Cartoons Sudhir Dar li Ls#ex] NATIONAL BOOK TRUST, INDIA