Dating of Mahabharat war

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	Information from books by Dr. P. V. Vartak , Pune, INDIA Also Read Test Tube Babies in Ancient INDIA Achievements of the Ancients Sage Agasti's Electric cell and electroplating The Fall of Star Vega ( Abhijit Nakshtra) Speed of light by Sayanacharya ( 1400 A. D. ) South America's (Peru) Mention in Ramayan Vedic Time line from year 23700 B.C. THE SCIENTIFIC DATING OF THE MAHABHARAT WAR (16th October 5562 B.C.) by Dr. P. V. Vartak (continued from last page ) ( See Planetary Positions ) GREEK RECORDS ------------- 1. "The Greek Ambassador Magasthenis has recorded that 138 generations have passed between Krishna and Chandragupta Maurya. Many scholars have taken this evidence, but taking only 20 years per generation they fixed the date of Krishna as 2760 years before Chandragupta. But this is wrong because the record is not of ordinary people to take 20 years per generation. In the matter of general public, one says that when a son is born a new generation starts. But in the case of kings, the name is included in the list of Royal Dynasty only after his coronation to the throne. Hence, one cannot allot 20 years to one king. We have to find out the average per king by calculating on various Indian Dynasties. I have considered 60 kings from various dynasties and calculated the average of each king as 35 years. Here is a list of some of important kings with the no. of years ruling. Chandragupta Mourya 330-298 B.C. 32 years. Bindusar 298-273 B.C. 25 years. Ashok 273-232 B.C. 41 years. Pushyamitra Shunga 190-149 B.C. 41 years. Chandragupta Gupta 308-330 A.D. 22 years. Samudragupta 330-375 A.D. 45 years. Vikramaditya 375-414 A.D. 39 years. Kumargupta 414-455 A.D. 41 years. Harsha 606-647 A.D. 41 years. --------- 327 years. The average is 327/9 = 36.3 years. Multiplying 138 generations by 35 years we get 4830 years before Chandragupta Mourya. Adding Chandrgupta's date 320 B.C. to 4830 we get 5150 B.C. as the date of Lord Krishna. 2. Megasthenis, according to Arian, has written that between Sandrocotus to Dianisaum 153 generations and 6042 years passed. From this data, we get the average of 39.5 years per king. From this we can calculate 5451 years for 138 generations. So Krishna must have been around 5771 B.C. 3. Pliny gives 154 generations and 6451 years between Bacchus and Alexander. This Bacchus may be the famous Bakasura who was killed by Bhimasena. This period comes to about 6771 years B.C. Thus Mahabharat period ranges from 5000 B.C. to 6000 B.C. SHRIMAD BHAGWAT --------------- a) Bhagwat gives 28 Kaurava kings from Parikshit to Kshemaka. "From Kshemaka, the Pandava Dynasty will end in Kaliyug, and Magadha Dynasty will start." [Bhagwad 9-22-45]. This implies that the Pandava kings ruled before the advent of Kaliyug, i.e., before 3101 B.C and Magadha dynasty will not super-impose the Pandava Dynasty. b) Further it is stated in Bhagwat that after 28 Kaurava kings, Magadha Dynasty would rule and 22 Magadha kings would govern for 1000 years. Here it is given a average of 1000 years for 22 kings. It can be found that the 28 Kaurava kings would have ruled for 1273 years and then Magadha Dynasty started with King Sahadeva, whose son was Somapi. On the other hand, Maghasandhi was the son of Sahadeva and the grandson of Jarasandha [Ashwamedh-82]. many scholars have neglected this fact and have assumed that this Sahadeva fought in the Mahabharat War and was the son of Jarasandha. c) Ripunjaya is the last king in the list of 22 Magadhas. But Bhagwat 12.1.2-4 mentions that Puranjaya will be the last king who will be killed by his minister Shunak. It is to be noted that there is no mention of the kings between Ripunjaya and Puranjaya. People have wrongly taken the two names as that of one and the same person, without any evidence. d) Bhagwat 12.1.2-4 state that Shunak would coronate his son Pradyota as the King and later five Kings would rule for 138 years. After this Pradotya Dynasty, Shishunga Kings, 10 in number, would rule for 360 years. Thereafter 9 Nandas would rule for 100 years. Nanda would be destroyed by a Brahmin and Chandragupta would be enthroned. We know that Chandragupta Maurya ascended the throne in 324 B.C. So we can thus calculate backwards: 9 Nandas 100 years 10 Shishungas 360 years 5 Pradotyas 138 years 22 Magadhas 1000 years 28 Kauravas 1273 years ----------- ---------- 74 Kings 2871 years We find here only 74 kings, but Megasthenes tells us about 138 kings. So 138-74=64 kings are missing. These may be from the period between Ripunjaya and Puranjaya. Thus calculating from the data of 74 kings who ruled for 2871 years, we get a period of 2496 years for 64 kings. Adding the two we get 5367 years for 138 kings. This is preceding Chandragupta's time, who came to throne in 324 B.C. Hence, 324+5367 = 5691 B.C. is the approximate date of Parikshit. YUDHISHTIRA ERA AND KALIYUG --------------------------- Scholars accept the date of the Mahabharat War to be 3100 B.C. which also happens to the initiation of the Yudhisthira Era. But this Era, is mentioned nowhere in the Mahabharat text itself! At the time of Aswamedha of Yudhisthira, Vyas has given descriptions in minute detail like collection of "Sruva", formation of wells and lakes, but never has written even a word about, such an important event, as the beginning of the Yudhisthira Era. Mahabharat also never mentions anything about the beginning of the Kaliyug, even at the time of Krishna's death. Mahabharat Adiparva 2.13 states that the War took place in the interphase ("Antare") of the Dwapaar and Kali Eras. Thus it makes it clear that the evening of the Dwapaar has not yet ended and the Kaliyug had not started when the War took place. SAPTARISHIS ----------- Bhagwat states at 12.2.27-32 that Saptarishis stay 100 years in one Nakshatra. At the time of King Parikshit, the Saptarishis were in Magha. When they proceeded to Purvashadha, Kali would start. There are 11 Nakshatras from Magha to Purvashadha. Hence it is seen that Shukacharya tells Parikshit that after 1100 years Kaliyug will start. Kaliyug started at 3101 B.C. Hence 3101 + 1100 = 4201 B.C. is the date of Parikshit. Other references from Shrimad Bhagwat points quite closely to the same year as above. But who is this Parikshit ? Is he the son of Abhimanyu ? No. A minute observation of this reveals that the above is not Abhimanyu's son because Bhagwat is told to this Parikshit. On the other hand, Mahabharat is told to Janamejaya. In the Mahabharat, Parikshit's death has been recorded. Hence it is evident that Mahabharat was written and published after the death of Parikshit, the son of Abhimanyu. Bhagwat is written after Mahabharat according to the Bhagawat itself. This Bhagwat is told to some Parikshit. How can this Parikshit be the son of Abhimanyu who died before the Mahabharat writing ? So this Parikshit appears to be somebody else than Abhimanyu's son. EQUINOX ------- Mahabharat mentions the ancient tradition as 'Shravanadini Nakshatrani', i.e., Shravan Nakshatra was given the first place in the Nakshatra- cycle (Adi-71/34 and Ashvamedh 44/2) Vishwamitra started counting the Nakshatras from Shravan when he created 'Prati Srushti'. He was angry with the old customs. So he started some new customs. Before Vishvamitra's time Nakshatras were counted from the one which was occupied by the sun on the Vernal Equinox. Vishvamitra changed this fashion and used diagonally opposite point i.e. Autumnal Equinox to list the Nakshtras. He gave first place to Shravan which was at the Autumnal Equinox then. The period of Shravan Nakshatra on autumnal equinox is from 6920 to 7880 years B.C. This was Vishvamitra's period at the end of Treta yuga. Mahabharat War took place at the end of Dwapar yuga. Subtracting the span of Dwapar Yuga of 2400 years we get 7880 - 2400 = 5480 B.C. as the date of Mahabharat War. ARCHAEOLOGY ----------- In 1971, when I hinted at the date of Mahabharat war as 5500 years BC, Archaeologists frowned at me saying it as impossible because no culture was found in INDIA dating so much back. But now evidences are pouring in Archaeology itself showing cultures in INDIA up to 30000 to 40000 years BC. Padmashri Late Mr. V.S. Wakankar has dated the paintings in the caves of Bhimbetaka of Madhya Pradesh to about 40000 BC. Recently Dr. S.B. Rao, Emeritus Scientist of the National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula, Goa, 403004, has discovered under the sea, Dwaraka and dated it as between 5000 to 6000 BC. This news has been published by all the leading newspapers on 22nd October 1988. Motilal Banarasidas News Letter October 1988 gives a news on page 6 under the heading "50,000 year old Relics" as follows: Spectacular culture and physical relics dating back to 50,000 years BC have been excavated from the Central Narmada Valley in Madhya Pradesh. A team of Anthropological survey of INDIA recently conducted the excavation. It explored sites in two districts Sebore and Hoshangabad. In my book "Vastava Ramayan" I have shown the presence of culture in INDIA as far back as 72000 years B.C. This recent news points to that ancient period. I am sure after some time Archaeology may get evidence to show the presence of culture in INDIA 72000 BC. In Vastava Ramayan I have shown that Bali, the demon king went to south America during 17000 BC when the vernal equinox was at Moola Nakshatra. MLBD News letter Oct. 1988 gives a news thus :-"Dravidians in America" - According to a press report the Brazilian nuclear physicist and researcher Arysio Nunes dos santos holds that the Dravidians of South INDIA reached America much before Christopher Columbus. Mr. Nunes dos Santos, of the' Federal University of Minas Gerais maintains that the Dravidians colonised a vast South American region 11000 years before the Europeans reached the new world. Vestiges of the Dravidian presence in America, he says, include the strange phonetics of Gourani, Paraguay's national language. Moreover Bananas, Pine Apple, Coconut and Cotton, all grown in INDIA could have been taken to America by those navigators. Planetary positions described by Sage Vyas in Mahabharata Dr. Vartak has corrected difference in 'Sayan' and 'Niryan' method of reading constellations and after correcting mistake has derived exact positions of planets on the day Mahabharata War started. These were the positions of planets as given in Mahabharata at various places. These occurred on 16th October 5562. Mahabharat War started on this date and lasted for 18 days. Around 4 million people were killed in this war.			Home Resume Poems Photos Inventions Collection Web design Water Colour Contact