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15. GITA
18 mathematical positions fix the same date. Therefore, we have to accept this date of the Mahabharat War, if we want to be scientific. Please note that all the twelve planets will come in the same positions again only after 2229 crores of years." Hence this is a unique date.
4. The Celestial Key to the Vedas: Discovering the Origins of the World's Oldest Civilization By B.
G. Sidharth 1999 gives the date as around 1350 BC
4. The date of 1924 BC. is suggested based on Puranic genealogies that see a gap of 1000 years
or so between the War and the rule of the Nandas (424 BC) we get the date of 1424 BC.
5. In MAHABHARATKA KALA-NIRNAYA: Dr. Mohan Gupta, Visva-Vidyalaya-Prakashan, Chowk,
Varanasi-221001 determines the date as 1952 B.C which is confirmed by Puranic genealogies which count up to this date by taking the 1500 years interval between King Parikshit (Arjuna's grandson) and Mahapadmananda, plus 100 years of the rule of the Nandas, plus 322 years, the historical date of Chandra Gupta Maurya, all before the birth of Christ.
6. In Gopala Aiyer's "The Date of the Mahabharata War" Indian Review Vol. II, January-December
1901 edited by G.A.Natesan. gives the date of the war as 1190 B.C. Sri Aurobindo was obviously fully convinced by Aiyer's arguments, because he writes, “It is now known beyond reasonable doubt that the Mahabharata war was fought out in or about 1190 B.C."
7. The date of around 1000 BC. is the date popularized by Western Indologists as being most
"reasonable" based on archaeological data.
There are a host of other dates given. We should expect such variations since there are several layers of literature overlapping well into the Christian era. Again how far we can rely on the astronomical data given as authoritative and not mythical is a real problem.
The appearance of the Gita Upadesa - the teaching of Krishana - the divine song - in the middle of the war and its intent is certainly a problem. We can be certain that it was a very late interpolation by the Brahminic hierarchy for specific purposes.
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