If you want to receive daily updates of Bharat Dinadarshika subscribe to @Datepanchang on Twitter.—Here is a brief note Bharat Dinadarshika prepared by Shri Devamalya De. BHARAT DINADARSHIKAWith the tradition of astronomy and panchang (almanac) and for us Indians stretching into antiquity, its time we adopted a more Indic or Bharatiya system of daily dating.…
Here is the list 1. Dating of Mahabharata (5561 BCE)2. Dating of Ramayana (12209 BCE)3. Dating of Rigveda (6th millennium BCE through 22,000+ BCE)4. Dating of Bhagavata Purana (update in 1300 BCE)5. Dating of Vishnu Purana (update in ~1600 BCE)6. Dating of Sushruta (before 6000 BCE)7. Geology evidence corroboration for Epoch of Ramayana8. Geography corroboration…
Rama is the essence of India and its culture. Rama is the core around whichaeons have laid successive layers to yield the culture, the way of life and the state of being, which were instrumental in sustaining India through the turbulence and vicissitudes of the past millennia. Undoubtedly, it is the immensity of the Rama…
From school days we have been taught that the Vedic period of Indian history starts at somewhere around 1500BC. This information is so drilled in our heads that its difficult to think of indian civilization beyond this timeframe. I was recently reading(I am still reading) the book “Historic Rama” by Nilesh Nilkanth Oak and towards…
VVA to Me ” Nilesh Nilkanth Oak ji, I have shared my article on Dating of Ramayana which is in public domain since more than one year. I am not cherry picking to fix a date. I have chosen the reference of a comet at Mula because it helps arriving at exact dates in a timeframe.…
(1) I wrote on Twitter: “Ask any Mahabharata or Ramayana researcher (150+), “What is the statement of the theory for your claim?” You will hear silence followed by all kinds of excuses + jalpa+vitanda+hetvabhasa+chaala+ and numerous events worthy of Nigrahasthan. A medical professional and researcher responded:“निग्रहस्थानं नाम पराजयप्राप्तिः Nigrahasthānam nāma Parājayaprāptiḥ ! – Charaka Samhitā,…
This blog post will be updated periodically. Latest 10 Youtube videos (1) Nilesh Oak summarizing his 25+ years of research in 20 min (18 Jan 2020)https://youtu.be/ObdGKFkSJTw (2) Doordarshan (Indian TV) Interview: Trijya/Vartavali (16 Jan 2020)https://youtu.be/PU1PW-diLM0 (3) Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay (8 Jan 2020)Antiquity of Indian civilizationhttps://youtu.be/LPPmmAwjR50 (4) 14th Laxmanrao Bhide Memorial Lecture (Vishwa…
An IIT engineer writes: Dear Nilesh… Hats off to you. But first, some info… In my first job, my first boss had given me my first assignment, which I completed in no time, and submitted my report. He then called me and asked me, whether I know the most idiotic person in the world? I…
This post includes an episode that occurred about six months ago. Few players were part of this discussion, including usual suspects – BL & NO. Initials of other participants are also used when referring to their comments. One of the great outcomes of this discussion round was that BL changed his initial position in the light of the…
Indic dogma (ID) The members of this dogma (ID folks) have built their comfort zone, on unknown and dogmatic grounds, for the timing of the Mahabharata War. If a claim for the year of Mahabharata war falls anywhere between 800 BCE and 4000 BCE, ID folks are ok with it. They are happy to entertain…
VJ writes: “Dear Mr. Oak, I have read your book on the dating of the Mahabharata, Nirvana of Bhishma, and the dating of the Ramayana. Congratulations on the extensive research. I have recommended your books to friends. In the book on Ramayana, you have concluded that there was a 6-day gap between the killing of…
Yesterday (19 Sept 2019), me and my wife were talking to a Dharma warrior. During the course of the conversation, she mentioned her attempt to comprehend back and forth between Prof. Achar and yours truly, as it appeared at Pragyata.com http://www.pragyata.com/mag/mahabharata-war-date-rebuttal-to-claim-of-5561-bce-466 Specifically, she mentioned how ‘Kaumude = Kartika’ or the entire argument (& counterarguments) related…
All, I have opened this thread specifically for a discussion between yours truly and Shri Sidharth Chhabra. We will do it via comments to this blog post. Each one of us will wait until another person has had the opportunity to respond (i.e. no tow consecutive posts from one of us) You are all encouraged…
Here is the lecture And here are my quick responses. (1) BD says “Yamuna was tributary of river Sindhu” (44:10), more than likely he means Yamuna was tributary of Sarasvati. Of course, if he truly insist on Sindhu, then he is wrong. (2) @ 44:45, BD says “writing came much later”. Hitchen’s razor applies. On…
