How Does Precession Relate to Hindu Scriptures and Ancient Astronomy?

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i was just finishing my project and i got a idea
maybe it is valid maybe not
could ya'll judge it and opine on it
thank you

here it is:

i heard that there is something know as preccession
and that in another 14000 years the Earth shall point towards vega
that is we have crossed 12000 years,
so 14000 years later the Earth's pole star shall be vega

and also that every year there is a precession of 50"

now i want to know more about preccession
What exactly it is

and like in hindu scripture the positions of the Earth with respect to constelattions and other stars , the position of pole star and all have been given

now using that data
could we find the star the Earth was pointing towards [ the pole star of then]
and find out the preccession difference
let us say that difference is X

the divide X degrees by 50"
and find out the time difference [ year difference]
between then and now
so we know the exact date when the Earth was pointing in that direction and hence know when exactly these scriptures were written

Is this possible?
 

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where is the calc
i can't see it
 
its possible but measurements required back then probably wouldn't tell you much since they have relatively large errors. If they have perfect observations it would be simple, but nothing is perfect
 
yes but even now we don't have perfection
atleast we could get close with an error of about one century