Queen Vishpala – 7000 BC,
Has a stellar place in history,
In the Rig Veda it tells that she,
Whilst fighting lost a leg below the knee.
She takes centre stage because it’s a fact,
They gave her an iron leg, to be exact,
The first person to have an artificial limb,
And it is recorded in this Indian ‘hymn’.
With her iron leg on, she returned to the fight,
And continued regardless, with all her might,
It must have been quite an astonishing sight,
She’s an Iron Lady by actual right!
Caro Field Author 
Ah, I did not want the poem to stop. Just amazing. Wow you do know how to play around with words. Loved it.
What a lovely thing to say. Thank you.
It was lovely. I didn’t know about this lady. She sounds neat. 🙂
I only recently discovered her myself!
A lovely poem once again, I enjoy reading these on your blog.
Thank you!
I love the history lessons you are sharing with us. There is so much to learn and it is so interesting the way you present it. Thank you so much for giving us a little peek into parts of our world that many of us know nothing about.
Thanks William, I am enjoying it!
Rig Veda is a book of pure knowledge. When it refers to putting an iron leg to Vishpala it does not mean that there was an actual incident of fracture in leg and then replacing it by iron leg by surgery. It basically means the knowledge of replacing broken bone by iron is available but to put into practice you have to research on it.
DEV RAJ
I realise that the Rig Veda said this but if you read any research it will tell you that it is thought By scholars that she did exist and that she was the first person to have an iron leg….