Ancient Indian and Electricity

Did Ancient India know the use of Electricity :

First mentioned about 1,200 BCE, in ancient writings: Atharvana अथर्ववेद. or the Book of White and Black Magick, a collection of 730 hymns with about 6,000 mantras, divided into 20 books.

The west mentions the Greeks, about 600 BC to be the first to discover it. The Hindu Holy Scriptures, Atharvana Veda, proves otherwise. In India electricity was well known and even used for warfare. Long before the Greeks. Here is proof.

Chapter 1: Hymn VII
Verse 2: Nav Yo Navati Puro bibhed bahvotjasaa
Ahi Cha vritrahaavadheet

Translation : Electricity , which breaks, by the energy of its arms the 99 cities, destroys the cloud, which covers the rays of the sun, the source of all energy and power.

Verse 3: Sa na Indrah Shivah sakhashwavad gomadvavama
Urudhaarev dohate

Translation : That very electric power may be our peaceful friend, providing…