As a former stone mason: that's not true. I could do the curves with a chisel. Gtfo

This video makes it sound like there's absolutely no way to do it manually. Stone and wood workers have been doing it for millennia.

Narrator: "I can't do it, therefore no one can"

You dont cut granite, you soften the granite by a very old process that my ancestors passed down in my family from slavery in Egypt and thru slavery in the US. The granite has to be heated up by fire or if the outside temperature is 120 degrees or more making the granite very hot to the touch. Then the granite has to be saturated constantly with a special mix of chemicals that I won't disclosed. That special mix and the heat will significantly soften the outside of the granite once the granite is soften enough then a very lite oil is applied to the granite to prolong the granite softness and now can be carved once the special mix have evaporated then granite will reharden.

"Work so hard, they'll think in the future aliens did it"

Can't use the word "impossible" when proof exists that it is possible

Student of geology here. To figure out where something goes on mohs scale, you do the scratch test. No force needed. It's off 1 can scratch the other. Scratch the same line repeatedly and you get a nice dent in the softer material. Metal tools can do this. Mineral tools can do this. This is not revolutionary and you are willingly ignoring a vast amount of information that you have access to

“I cannot do this thing so no one can do this thing” great argument my dude you’re a real thinker

I mean, I can do that with a cold chisel. Lighter strikes make smaller gouges. You can rub the cold chisel back and forth and make curved lines. It just takes longer.

"I don't understand how things are done so it's impossible for anyone else to know."

Like a few people here have mentioned, you can do this by just making lighter taps with the chisel, but there's also another easy solution; to get things really smooth, they could rub/grind the surface with a tool. A piece of sandstone would actually work pretty well (despite being much softer than granite).

To all the people telling I can do it, these temples aren't 100 years old,they're more than a 1000. And also 1000 years ago metals couldn't be that hard due to presence of impurities and lack of proper metal extraction methods. And for those people who say that they could do it, they must try using only 2 tools, a chisel made of some impure metal and a rock and see how long it takes them. They would've used water techniques to make these wonderful cuts on the stone. You say that you grandpa or your dad made them, but what would he have done if he had to make the tools himself? These ancient sculptors must have used a technique similar to modern water erosion method and not use "industrial level tools" like your father's and grandfather's would've have used.

"The real issue is these curves" - said every woman everywhere on earth every day there has ever been

Crazy how paper with sand on it could do alot of the work

"Ancient Aliens" is not the answer for every thing we find mysterious.

I learned that ancient builders knew how to prepare chemicals,not only for golg making.

When u don’t know the difference between hardness and toughness 😂

"To cut or carve something, I must use a tool harder than the thing I want to cut..." umm... water can be used to cut stones and metal. Tell me a substance softer than water?

There's absolutely "no way" to do it? So then why are we seeing proof that they DID do it?

Now some countries on top in something, bu but but India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 is top history and Future

Dude you could scratch grooves into granite with a soft metal as long as you had plenty of time and kept sharpening it. 🤦

"_I_ can not make shallow smooth curves like this... it is Impossible." Yet clearly here we see that for them it wasn't.

Finally an Indian cooking class with Cosmology and Archeology!...oh wait!

Every architecture will fail infront of ancient hindu's architecture, thanks to our great great forefathers 🙏🚩

I like how some people have spent years if not their whole life studying this stuff, and they are still confused. But everyone in the comments has figured it out. Clearly the experts need the help of youtubers. The brilliant internet geniuses 👏

*my grandpa was a stone mason, he did curves with chisel easily* ✌🏾❤️💪🏾 - MELL DUNEY 616*

That's why we call it "Incredible India"

I am a big believer that ancient civilisations used geopolymer technology and had different "recipes" for different rock finishes.

Those little ridges are so crazy. It's amazing.

can’t we just admit that we aren’t the first civilization with advanced technology already

Definitely not impossible, just very skilled.

Simple answer.. they somehow got diamonds. Most logical thing I can think of

It’s really amazing and not just that but the skill involved is crazy .

Lol I have personally met people who can carve stuff like that with all hand tools, just saying we can’t do it doesn’t make it true

Don’t underestimate ancient people they made ancient wonders more than you can imagine 😄

"Impossible" Dude we can still sculpt things out of granite with the same tools as the people of the past did

"The slower I speak-the smarter I sound."

Ancient science is amazing that Still now we can't figure it out.

I think u r forgetting its ancient India. We re not just known for our incredible idea but for the real science which right now u r studying in your text book is discovered by Indians. And has proof in Vedas & purana. Proud to be an indian 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

1. My dad is a former stone Mason. I've watched him use chisels to make curves. 2. Sounds like your saying that this ancient culture could figure out metal tools (and possibly diamond tipped tools) but couldn't figure out how to make curves.

Dunning Kruger effect... this wouldn't be hard just time consuming and lets be honest they didn't have alot to do for entertainment so working on this for a month or a year was no big deal... hammers and chisels of various sizes time and patience. The ripple pattern effect is created when the contouring is done.. its easier to do that than make it completely smooth.

It's not impossible....they are jst skilled and very determined. And I'm sure there life was on the line

No indians are so knowledge from ancient to now this beautifully works and Chola dynasty

It's not the tools, it's the skill. People don't know how dedicated artisans are to their craft don't belittle them.

Just like Elon Musk said " We just forget the methodology of doing it" Its ok to think that were not alone but reality hits harder than fantasies

No it’s not impossible they just use finer tipped chisels

They will be back soon to show us how all the unexplainable things around the world were done. Wait for it.... It will be soon.

you heard it here first. tapping a chisel gently is scientifically impossible

They could've used liquid chemicals before carving it with *Diamond* tip tools to make it easier for them to carve through.

They had all day with no distractions like today… we will never figure out anything they accomplished because there is too much noise and too many options. Who is focused today? Truly

Obviously people were extremely good at carving rocks before the invention of modern technology.

Greats of Greatest is Indian Hinduism ❤️🙏🏼

It's hard to explain how they made such a beautiful creatures. But it's not impossible, we don't know it doesn't means it's impossible.

The first 5 videos I saw of his I thought he was an elderly woman teacher or something 😆 🤣 fire 🔥

Incredible INDIA 🇮🇳 👏 😍🥰

Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Sumerians, and ancient Chinese couldn't figure this out. That's why they only made paper mache statues and monuments...

Time and persistence. That's really all it can be at the baseline.

Practice makes a man perfect... 😀😀.. Ancient Artist of India 🙏🙏🙏

Ancient builders were not just an engineer they were whole learning

All he wants is to say that maybe ancient Indians used something more than just a chisel. But the temples and sculptures did take a lot of years to get constructed, so it is possible that only chisels could have been used to add all the finesse. However, we do have a history of lost tools, technology, and skills due to various factors.

Proud to be an Indian 🇮🇳 We were always ahead in ancient times

It's using an ancient technique called patience or as these nut waffles called it "magic"

And nobody went "You know... Granite can kinda scratch granite... So it's possible the they just used more granite to shape it down with precision" Because it's easier to assume people at 400 B.C had laser cutters.

This is what our ancestors did INCREDIBLE INDIA 🇮🇳

How is it done? With talent sweat tears and a lot of time.

This is third video I've watched of yours and you say it's impossible to do this stuff. And you base it off your inability to do this kind of art just because you can't do it doesn't mean someone else can. I wish you would state facts about the history instead of your opinion it's very misleading and unprofessional.

I'm a stone mason and carver. Metal chisels can make deep, rough cuts. Also small sharp chisels can make fine, smooth, curved cuts. An ancient master mason would have several sets of fine chisels and a blacksmith on staff who is constantly sharpening the tools. Yes even in granite.

"I can't do it.. It is impossible"... Well, I can't do that either, but you underestimate the skills of the Indians

Maybe chemical etching like method for finishing? Very interesting

I still say they must have been 3D printed.

There's a difference between "I can't" and "impossible"

Only one answer;We are Indians👑😏

Modern day science is figuring out that we will never understand the ancient science of our ancestors.

The ancient builders might have some technique that would soften the texture of the stone so it could be easily carved.

“Idk, therefore make something up” seems to be the message these days. People will say it was advanced ancient civilizations or aliens, disregarding our ancestors ingenuity.

this is a gross misunderstanding of material science. if you want to abrade a material, it will be very slow without a harder material. if you want to chip a material, you can use something considerably softer. corundum can be used to abrade granite, as it is harder, but flint, which is less hard, but also more tough, can be used to chip granite, which is more brittle. For anyone wanting a demonstration, watch the scientists against myths youtube channel

"Don't recommend this channel"

Right at the beginning, I thought this was about Babish's sharp affordable knife.

Clever how they did not leave precise instructions for future generations to know exactly how things were made…they felt like we were better off “trying”to figure it out.

Research tells us It has been long thought that man first used diamond in India, around the time of Christ, based on the record of documents from India in the latter half of the first millennium, BC; china also were recorded the use of diamond over two thousand years ago . there appears to be no evidence of diamond usage from either earlier historical periods, or prehistoric times.

Clearly it isn’t impossible, you just haven’t figured it out yet.

So proud of my Indian heritage would never wanna give it up for anything

Everyone speaking from experience in comments or speaking specifically on this video. All I can say is there is undeniable overwhelming evidence of power tools in ancient sites around the world. Best seen in Egypt. Basically a higher civilization which were closer descendants to the Annunaki had higher technology and built many things we couldn't today especially in Egypt but around the globe, Ancient Sumer and more. Thats why we all have different versions of similar origin stories. That's why the hieroglyphs on the objects in Egypt were added after these objects were creating during renovation by dynastic Egyptians. Crude hand tool writings in objects they had zero idea how to build, they simply inherited. The Great Flood was a result of comrt impact that shattered glacial plate over north America that formerly extended to the north pole. Same glaciers that carved out the Great Lakes. This comet impact of impacts sent dust into atmosphere blocking the sun for an amount of time I can't remember like 11 years or more can't remember what was estimated. This killed alot of living things and also forced people underground or inside shelter that resulted in loss of technology and other things. Only hardgoods and some people who clearly were not engineers survived.

The only thing these videos prove is that the ancient carvers had a lot of time at their disposal !

"I used to do masonry work so that means I know everything about this subject. And no I've never actually tried to carve granite but I'm sure that I could do it if I wanted" 🤣

Am love in with such detailed observations and research and amount of time you spend in this. You truly deserve to be head of archaeology dept in India.

You are comparing Cat to Lion 🌚

Ancient indian technology is more advanced than our modern world technology

Correct it cannot be done with sheer brute force. It requires finesse, water cuts stone softly over time with precision and finesse.

I'm getting a history major, so I read on all the amazing stuff that people did back then that we can't understand, and it finally dawned on me how it's possible. You can do this with a chisel, it's just super intricate and uncomfortable to the point that only a very devoted person could do it in modern times because it would take long, painstaking hours. So how did ancient people do these incredible, and intricate building projects on such a mass scale, that we just can't quantify it? Well I found a common thread, and you know what it is? You'll basically do whatever it takes for some angry despot not to chop your head off.

Ancient India was far away from today's America

Hard does not mean unbreakable. The harder something is the easier it can be to shatter. That's why bronze and iron tools can cut stone- their more flexible nature, relatively speaking, means the stone breaks before they do. Another trick ancient stone workers used us bits of the same stone to shape it. Granite can break granite. Granite dust plus water can be used to smooth and polish granite. No mysteries here, move along please.

This is so dumb, they literally still do this to this day by hand. It's just skill.

Thank you very much for your amazing knowledge and explanation…

ये मूर्तियाँ लोह युग के बाद लोह के हत्यारों से बनाई गई है शेकडो कारागिरो को अच्छे हथियार आधुनिक टेक्नॉलॉजी राजा लोग देते थे। जिससे अधिक बारीक कलाकृती निर्माण होती थी।

As a student of history and science I have come to the conclusion that this was done by Aliens.

I’ve been categorized according to my hardness before too 😔

Walla habibi welcome to HINDUSTAN ....bharat mata ki jai ..... ✌️😇✌️

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