Importance of mHaabhaart as
a book of pure knowledge becomes more critical and vital to humans in this
veDik time era called
kli-yug which has a time span of
432,000 years and which is believed to have started on February 12, 3102
BC.....because in kli-yug humans lack
profoundly the knowledge of SCIENCES OF CREATION
AND LIFE...
The proof of lack of knowledge is in the fact that it is only some 500 years
ago that western peoples started re-discovering the sciences which existed
before kli-yug......
And HOW DO WE KNOW SCIENCES OF CREATION AND LIFE WAS EXISTING AMONG HUMANS
BEFORE kli-yug???
....Well just read original sNskrut
version or a good and unabridged translation of it in English or any other
language to be surprised about the technology that was available to fight the
18-day mHaabhaart war which killed
about 1.7 billion peoples.....that much killing in 18 days would require some
real atomic powered or type arsenal......and this war was only fought during day
time....and considering the sun was in southern hemisphere and the war seems to
have been fought in northern hemisphere, a day would be shorter than 12
hours....even if we consider a 12 hours day, 1.7 billion people killed and
their horses, elephants and all vehicles were destroyed in just 216 hours......
Now humans today are trying to figure out if
mHaabhaart times were real or mythical.....not believing what
vyaas-muni said about
mHaabhaart...To read more about the
research on mHaabhaart period
please click on the following red hilite naming web site of
HINDUISM TODAY or continue reading
the same text below on this PVAF web site
which is empowering YOU to RECIEVE AND SHARE KNOWLEDGE
FOR TOMORROW PROSPERITY AND HAPPINESS.....If you wish to share your
knowledge on mHaabhaart relating to the research of the article please just
click on the POST A COMMENT button in the
header of this news item and write away......
FIND THE TRUTH OF
Mahabharata
Full Article Text from Daily Pioneer
As posted in
HINDUISM TODAY
INDIA, February 29, 2004:
For thousands of years, we have believed in the divinity of Shri Krishna. For us
he was a Karmayogi par excellence who gave us action oriented philosophy of life
in the form of Bhagavad Gita. But questions have constantly haunted us as to
whether Krishna was a historical or mythical character and whether the war of
Mahabharata was actually fought.
Till recently, we did not have the wherewithal to search for and establish the
truth. But modern scientific tools and techniques like computers with
planetarium softwares, advancements in archaeological and marine archaeological
techniques, earth-sensing satellite photography and thermo-luminescence dating
methods, all have made it possible to establish the authenticity and dating of
many events narrated in ancient texts like the Mahabharata. Recent archaeo-
astronomical studies, results of marine-archaeological explorations and
overwhelming archaeological evidence have established the historicity and dating
of many events narrated in the Mahabharata. These have led to the conclusion
that Mahabharata War was actually fought in 1478 BC and Shri Krishna's Dwarka
City got submerged under the sea in 1443 BC.
Astronomical Evidence: In the Mahabharata references to sequential solar and
lunar eclipses as also references to some celestial observations have been made.
Dr RN Iyengar, the great scientist of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
examined relevant references and searched for the compatible dates by making use
of planetarium software (PVIS and EZC). He concluded that most of these
references were internally consistent and that the eclipses and celestial
observations of Mahabharata belong to the period 1493 BC-1443 BC of Indian
History, (refer Indian Journal of History of Science/38.2/2003/77-115).
In the Mahabharata, there are references to three sequential solar eclipses and
some other planetary positions. Reference to the first solar eclipse comes in
the Sabha Parva (79.29), graphically described by Vidur when Pandavas start
their journey to the forest on being banished for 12 years of life in exile and
one year of life incognito after they had lost everything in the game of dice.
After 13 years of exile and incognito life, the Pandavas returned to Hastinapur
and demanded their kingdom back, but Duryodhana refused. Several efforts to
prevent war failed and war became imminent.
There is a reference to the second solar eclipse in the Bhisma Parva (3.29),
following a lunar eclipse occurring within the same fortnight a few days before
the actual war of Mahabharata. These eclipses occurred after 14-15 years of the
first solar eclipse The epic also refers to some unfavorable planetary positions
between the second solar eclipse and the beginning of the war on Kartika Purnima
(Bhisma Parva 3.14 to 3.19). On Kartika Krishna Ashtami, Saturn was near Rohini
and Mars was between Jayestha and Anuradha. Twenty two days later, on Kartika
Purnima, Saturn was near Rohini, Mars was near Jayestha (probably Uranus) was
between Citra and Swati.
Another white planet (possibly Jupiter) had moved from Purva-bhadra to Uttar-bhadra.
Reference to the third solar eclipse comes in the Mausala Parva (2.19 to 2.20)
occurring in the 36th year of the Mahabharata War. This was visible from the
city of Dwarka, which is stated to have been subsequently submerged under the
sea. For these observations to be internally consistent, there should have been
three solar eclipses within 50 years. The first one and the second one after a
gap of 14-15 years should have been visible from Kurukshetra whereas the third
solar eclipse should have been visible from Dwarka after 35 years of the second
one.
Marine Archaeological explorations around Dwarka: The on-shore and off-shore
explorations carried out in and around Dwarka during last 50 years have revealed
that Dwarka was a prosperous city in ancient times, which was destroyed and
reconstructed several times. The work of great excavators like ZD Ansari and MS
Mate and chance discovery of temples of 9th century AD and 1st century AD buried
near the present Dwarkadhish Temple, prompted setting up of a Marine Archaeology
Centre jointly by the National Institute of Oceanography and the Archaeological
Survey of India. A project for marine archaeological explorations in Dwarka was
initiated under the dynamic leadership of great marine archaeologist Dr Rao, who
has the distinction of being awarded "The World Ship Trust Award" for
outstanding research in this field.
Dr Rao's team consisted of expert under-water explorers, trained
diver-photographers and archaeologists. The technique of geophysical survey was
combined with the use of echo-sounders, mud-penetrators, sub-bottom profilers
and under-water metal detectors. This team carried out 12 marine archaeological
expeditions between the year 1983 to 1992 AD and articles/antiquities recovered
were sent to Physical Research Laboratory for dating. By using thermo-
luminescence, carbon dating and other modern scientific techniques, artifacts
were found to be belonging to the period 15th to 18th century BC. In his great
work, The Lost City of Dwarka, Dr Rao has given scientific details of these
discoveries and artifacts.
Conclusions arrived at after carrying out these under-water archaeological
explorations support and validate the dates arrived at through astronomical
calculations. These also prove that the reconstructed city of Dwarka was a
prosperous port town, and that it was in existence for about 60-70 years in the
15th century BC before being submerged under the sea in the year 1443 BC.
Attempts have also been made to determine the year of Mahabharata from the
details available in scriptures which include Puranas. When events are
unrecorded for quite some time and are passed on to the succeeding generations
through Shruti and Smriti, the inaccuracies and myths get mixed with reality on
account of differences in the perceptions of different individuals. However, it
is for the objective rational individual mind to find out and differentiate fact
from fiction. Important information, including the genealogy charts of rulers
after Yudhishthira, are available in Srimad Bhagvatam, Matsya Puran and Vayu
Purana. On the basis of such evidence, famous historian Lord Cunningham assigned
the year 1424 BC to the War of Mahabharata.
Evidences referred to earlier point more to the probability that nobody had come
to India from Central Asia or from any other place. In fact, Indo-Aryan kings
and warriors had come to Kurukshetra in their war chariots from all over India
to participate in the Mahabharata War and that a whole lot of people got killed
in that war. The killers as well as the killed, the victors as well as the
vanquished, the charioteers as well as the foot soldiers, all were Indians who
had already experienced thousands of years of prosperous and advanced
civilization. Archaeology also records a continuous indigenous evolution of
Vedic civilization going back to 5000 BC at sites like Mehrgarh and Koldi.
It is sad that so far we have not known even a fraction about our ancient
civilization and cultural achievements. Detailed factual data in our ancient
texts and Sanskrit manuscripts is beckoning us to carry out further research. By
making use of modern scientific instruments and techniques we must discover the
true facts about our ancient past. If we do, we may be able to gather supportive
evidences to reassert that ours was the oldest civilization in the world and
that our ancestors, the Vedic Aryans, had travelled from India to various parts
of Asia and Europe to spread our knowledge, civilization and culture. When this
is recorded we would be able to hold our heads higher and be able to take on the
future with greater confidence.
|