Origins
सिन्धु-सरस्वती सभ्यता और वेदWere the Harappans Vedic?The cities of the Sindhu and the Sarasvati and the hymns of the Rigveda belong to the same land.Mature Harappan c. 2600–1900 BCE
प्राचीन डीएनए और वैदिक मूलThe genetics debate after RakhigarhiIn September 2019 two papers, one on a single Harappan woman from Rakhigarhi and one on more than five hundred ancient people of South and Central Asia, reset the old argument.Papers of September 2019Dating
भारतयुद्धस्य कालःWhen was the Mahabharata war?The Mahabharata names the field, the season and the stars of the war, but not the year.Tradition c. 3138 BCE
बुद्धस्य कालःWhen did Bhagwan Buddha live?Bhagwan Buddha’s dates hang on one number: how many years separated his parinirvana from Ashoka’s consecration.Parinirvana 544/543 BCE
ऋग्वेदस्य कालःHow old is the Rigveda?For the Sanatan tradition the Veda is apaurusheya, eternal sound that the rishis saw rather than made.Apaurusheya in the tradition
रामायणस्य कालःWhen did Shri Rama live?Maharshi Valmiki places Shri Rama in the Treta Yuga, and the Puranas count that age in lakhs of years.Treta Yuga in the Shastras
कालिदासस्य कालःWhen did Kalidasa live?Kalidasa wrote the Abhijnanashakuntalam, the Meghaduta and the Raghuvamsha, and left no date.Between the 2nd century BCE and 634 CEGeography
द्वारकाIs the drowned city off Dwarka Shri Krishna’s Dvaraka?On the seabed off Dwarka and around Bet Dwarka lie dressed stone blocks and many stone anchors, at the place where the Mahabharata says the sea took Shri Krishna’s city.Dated by S. R. Rao to c. 15th century BCE
सरस्वती नदीWhich river was the Sarasvati?The Rigveda calls the Sarasvati the best of rivers and places her between the Yamuna and the Sutlej.Rigvedic river
रामसेतुःHow was Ram Setu formed?A chain of sandbanks and limestone shoals runs for about 29 km between Dhanushkodi and Mannar island.Built in the Treta Yuga in the Ramayana
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