[risfriend]

The distance was also known in 16th century as per Hindu hymn of hanuman chalisa - https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/10370/did-our-a...

[cygx]

Not sure that's convincing: Why would I multiply a unit of time (Yug) with unit of distance (Yojan) to arrive at the distance to the sun? Also note that per Wikipedia, the historical value of the Yogan can range from 3.5km (~2.2 miles) to 15km (~9.3 miles). How was the value of 8 miles chosen?

[QuadmasterXLII]

I'm sure your goal is to boost the intellectual reputation of ancient hindu philosophy, but you're mostly scuffing the intellectual reputation of hinduism.stackexchange.com

[whimsicalism]

Strongly doubt this