[WAVES-Vedic] From N.R.Joshi / Date of Mahabharata/ Ramayana

October 10, 2009

Dear friends,

Happy Diwali to all of you.

Dr. Joshi says " Now these scholars jumped to dating Ramayan leaving Mahabharat

behind

as if they knew everything about it and nothing left to research

further. "

I see that, as always, there is some skepticism in his this statement. At least

I believe that we know the date of Mahabharata pretty well and no historian

should complain. Late Shri Kota Venkachallam and Late Dr. E. Vedavyas calculated

the date to be in 3138 BCE. Prof. Raghavan did a simple mistake and that is why

he was off the target by 72 years and he fixed it in 3067 BCE.

Let me explain where Prof. Raghavan goofed up. He obviously knew that Lord

Krishna passed away in mid-February, 3102 BCE and that was 36 years after the

Mahabharata war. Unless you specifically want now I shall not go the date of

Lord Krishna's departure. Prof. Raghavan subtracted 36 years from mid-February,

3102 to arrive at mid-February, 3066 BCE. The nearest Winter Solstice occurred

one month earlier in mid-January, 3066 BCE. Taking that date as the date of

departure of Bhishma he calculated the date of the Mahabharata war in 3067 BCE.

He appears to have justified to himself, if not to others, by interpreting the

position of Saturn in Rohini as it has been mentioned in the Mahabharata that

Saturn was oppressing Rohini, though in reality the Mahabharata says that the

Saturn was in Visakha and was oppressing Rohini (on the opposite side). It may

also be that he was confused and had chosen the position of the Saturn in

Rohini. In any astronomical

dating one should first check the position of Saturn as in the geocentric model

Saturn takes the longest time to move round the Earth.

I find that the Mahabharata war took place in 3139 BCE. Astronomical data

confirms that. Even as a layman you can find it yourself as follows: Add 36

years to mid-February 3102 BCE and you will get the figure mid-February 3138

BCE. The nearest Winter eclipse occurred in mid-January, 3138 BCE and that is

when Bhishma left the mortal world. He fell in the war two months before that.

So the Mahabharata war was fought in mid-November, 3139 BCE. A more meticulous

person will like to know the exact date of the war and how it satisfies all the

graha positions and the occurrence of the eclipses and that will be lengthy

account and cannot be treated in this mail. As you are interested in the ancient

Greek history more than the ancient Indian History you might be knowing that in

the Ptolemy's list of kings he corroborated the dates though the dates of

occurrences of the eclipses.

Regards,

Sunil K. Bhattacharjya

--- On Sat, 10/10/09, giravani <giravani wrote:

giravani <giravani

[WAVES-Vedic] From N.R.Joshi

WAVES-Vedic

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 9:52 AM

October 10, 2009

I wish you all happy Deepavali season!

Wandering educated Hindu brain

Educated Hindus wander through topics unrelated to the ancient Indian history

such as Dinosaurs, Black holes, Ice ages, Plate techtonics etc. But educated

Hindu does not know what was the name of the king ruling Kerala in 1000

BC? With full respect to Dr. Sunil Bhattacharya (he makes efforts) and his

wandering friends, when are you going to focus yourselves on a sinlgle history

problem? Now these scholars jumped to dating Ramayan leaving Mahabharat behind

as if they knew everything about it and nothing left to research further.

Thanks. N.R.Joshi.

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October 11, 2009

Dear friends,Happy Diwali to all of you. Dr. Joshi says "Now these scholars jumped to dating Ramayan leaving Mahabharat behind

as if they knew everything about it and nothing left to research

further."I see that, as always, there is some skepticism in his this statement. At least I believe that we know the date of Mahabharata pretty well and no historian should complain. Late Shri Kota Venkachallam and Late Dr. E. Vedavyas calculated the date to be in 3138 BCE. Prof. Raghavan did a simple mistake and that is why he was off the target by 72 years and he fixed it in 3067 BCE.Let me explain where Prof. Raghavan goofed up. He obviously knew that Lord Krishna passed away in mid-February, 3102 BCE and that was 36 years after the Mahabharata war. Unless you specifically want now I shall not go the date of Lord Krishna's departure. Prof. Raghavan subtracted 36 years from mid-February, 3102 to arrive at mid-February, 3066 BCE. The nearest Winter Solstice occurred one month earlier in mid-January, 3066 BCE. Taking that date as the date of departure of Bhishma he calculated the date of the Mahabharata war in 3067 BCE. He

appears to have justified to himself, if not to others, by interpreting the position of Saturn in Rohini as it has been mentioned in the Mahabharata that Saturn was oppressing Rohini, though in reality the Mahabharata says that the Saturn was in Visakha and was oppressing Rohini (on the opposite side). It may also be that he was confused and had chosen the position of the Saturn in Rohini. In any astronomical dating one should first check the position of Saturn as in the geocentric model Saturn takes the longest time to move round the Earth.I find that the Mahabharata war took place in 3139 BCE. Astronomical data confirms that. Even as a layman you can find it yourself as follows: Add 36 years to mid-February 3102 BCE and you will get the figure mid-February 3138 BCE. The nearest Winter eclipse occurred in mid-January, 3138 BCE and that is when Bhishma left the mortal world. He fell in the war two months before that. So the Mahabharata war

was fought in mid-November, 3139 BCE. A more meticulous person will like to know the exact date of the war and how it satisfies all the graha positions and the occurrence of the eclipses and that will be lengthy account and cannot be treated in this mail. As you are interested in the ancient Greek history more than the ancient Indian History you might be knowing that in the Ptolemy's list of kings he corroborated the dates though the dates of occurrences of the eclipses.Regards,Sunil K. Bhattacharjya--- On Sat, 10/10/09, giravani <giravani wrote:giravani <giravani[WAVES-Vedic] From N.R.JoshiWAVES-Vedic Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009, 9:52 AM

October 10, 2009

I wish you all happy Deepavali season!

Wandering educated Hindu brain

Educated Hindus wander through topics unrelated to the ancient Indian history such as Dinosaurs, Black holes, Ice ages, Plate techtonics etc. But educated Hindu does not know what was the name of the king ruling Kerala in 1000 BC? With full respect to Dr. Sunil Bhattacharya (he makes efforts) and his wandering friends, when are you going to focus yourselves on a sinlgle history problem? Now these scholars jumped to dating Ramayan leaving Mahabharat behind as if they knew everything about it and nothing left to research further. Thanks. N.R.Joshi.

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