Do you think this is crazy? I agree. I thought so, too.
Let Valmiki Ramayana ‘astronomy’ data-set, change your mind-set.
Read – The Historic Rama
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1. Birth of Dasharatha ~ 12300 BCE.
2. Dasharatha performs Putra-Kameshthi Yajna: December 12241 BCE- January 12241 BCE.
3. Rama- Janma (Birth of Rama): 29 November 12240 BCE.
4. Arrival of sage Vishwamitra in Ayodhya: 4 December 12224 BCE.
5. Rama & Laxman kill Tataka: 7 December 12224 BCE.
6. Arrival at Siddhashrama: 8 December 12224 BCE
7. Rama & Laxman protect Yajna of Vishwamitra: 9-14 December 12224 BCE.
8. Leaving for Mithila and day of late night conversations: 15 December 12224 BCE.
9. Arrival at city of Vishala: 17 December 12224 BCE.
10. Rama meets Ahilya at latter’s ashram: 18 December 12224 BCE.
11. Arrival in Mithila: 18 December 12224 BCE.
12. Rama lifts Shiva-Dhanushya: 19 December 12224 BCE.
13. King Dasharatha arrives in Mithila: 29 December 12224 BCE.
14. King Janaka completes Yajna: 30 December 12224 BCE.
15. Wedding day of Rama-Sita decided: 1 or2 January 12223 BCE.
16. Rama-Sita Wedding: 4/5 January 12223 BCE.
17. Rama’s scheduled coronation: 20/21 December 12223 BCE.
18. Rama’s Vanavas-gaman: 20/21 December 12223 BCE.
19. Death of Dasharatha: 25/26 December 12223 BCE.
20. Messenger’s traveling to Kekaya capital: 27-29 December 12223 BCE.
21. Bharata’s journey from Kekaya capital to Ayodhya: 30 December 12223 BCE – 5 January 12222 BCE.
22. Bharata performs 11th & 12th day rituals for Dasharatha: 6th and 7th January 12222 BCE.
23. Sage Vasistha requests Bharata to accept the throne of Ayodhya: 9 January 12222 BCE.
24. Bharata leaves Ayodhya to meet Rama: 26 January 12222 BCE.
25. Bharata meets Rama at Chitrakuta: 10 April 12222 BCE.
26. Bharata asks for Sandals of Rama: 11 April 12222 BCE.
27. Rama & Khara fight: 28 March 12210 BCE.
28. Ravana abducted Sita from Panchavati: May-July 12210 BCE
29. Ravana set time limit for Sita to yield to his wishes: Sometime during October-November 12210 BCE.
30. Vali-Sugriva fight-1st round: 21 September 12210 BCE.
31. Vali-Sugriva fight- 2nd round: 22 September 12210 BCE.
32. Rama-Laxman lived outside Kishkindha: 22 September-13 January 12209 BCE.
33. Vanara search parties leave Kishkindha: After 13 January 12209 BCE.
34. Angada’s frustration during search of Sita: Mid-July 12209 BCE.
35. Hanuman in Lanka: 27-30 August 12209 BCE.
36. Hanuman flying back from Lanka: 30 August 12209 BCE.
37. Rama & Vanara army leave for Lanka, from Kishkindha: 29 September 12209 BCE.
38. Building & Construction of Nala-Setu: Sometime during 8 Decemer-18 December 12209 BCE.
39. Rama & Vanara Army on Mountain Suvela: 22 December 12209 BCE.
40. The War: 24 December 12209 BCE – 7 January 12208 BCE.
41. Rama at the ashram of sage Bharadwaj: 12 January 12208 BCE
42. Rama meets Bharata: 13 January 12208 BCE.
43. Rama’s coronation: 13 January 12208 BCE.
44. Vanara leaders & Vibhishan return, from Ayodhya to Kishkindha and Lanka, respectively: Sometime after 17 May 12208 BCE.
45. Rama sends Sita to ashram of Valmiki (through Laxman): May-July 12208 BCE.
46. Birth of Kusha & Lava: September/October 12208 BCE.
47. Completion of Ramayana (as sung by Kusha & Lava to Rama in Ayodhya): 12196 BCE.
Nilesh Nilkanth Oak 
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You are crazy ! But I have an hell of respect for your perseverance !
Nanasaheb Purandare म्हणाले, काही वेगळं संशोधन करायचं असेल तर माणसांना त्यात वेडं व्हावं लागतं. माझा तुम्हाला शिरसाष्टांग नमस्कार.
Dhanyavad.
https://nileshoak.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/mahabharata-war-timeline-summary/
It’s really amazing that you have gone so much deep and arrived on dates Great Hats off to you
Dhanyavad.
https://nileshoak.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/mahabharata-war-timeline-summary/
when you are chronicling in before common era (BCE), the clock runs backwards. January 1 comes before December 31 and 2022 BCE comes before 2021 BCE.
Please provide the references.
Dipak Basu
How is u come to those specific dates. Can you please explain the calculation and given actual information on dates. And also can u provide the history of the existing records as because it may be written at Latter stages and it can be set at earlier time
Read ‘The Historic Rama’. Available on Amazon.
Fantastic effort on your research sir . I must confess i have not read the book yet sir but I have a very basic question. Is there any evidence in Valmiki Ramayana which conclusively rejects or contradicts claim of Rama’s birth in the 24th Teta Yuga in Matsya Puran etc because if that is not decisevely rejected by clearer contrary evidence then will no the precision of the earth result in the same astronomical combinations over every 25772 years approximately and that could in a way explain Ramayana war happening at 25772+12200 = 37900 years ago or even 63600 years ago. Can you pls clarify this sir. The doubt is killing me…:)
Great question. Please do read my blog on ‘Knotty and naughty problem of Yuga’. Then do recognize that those writing and updating Puranas were humans like us and they were also working under some set of assumptions. That is one of the key cause of all the confusion caused by any references to Yuga and their usage in determining the antiquity of our civilization.
While it is true that after a long time (not every 26K years) the similar astronomy situation may happen (the possibility is very low, but always a finite possibility), we have, fortunately, other evidence (including astronomy) that places various upper limits for the occurrence of Ramayana
For example, Geology/hydrology evidence for the existence of river Sarasvati tell us that Ramayana is not possible anytime before 90,000 BCE. This is because river Sarasvati did not exist before 90,000 BCE and Ramayana time, Sarasvati existed.
Nakshatra system described in Valmiki Ramayana simply did not exist if we go back for more than 100,000 years or 150,000 years. (nakshtra Rohini and its placement is so frequent in Valmiki Ramayana).
River Shutudri started flowing westward only in 13,000 BCE. In fact this sets the upper limit on Ramayana, i..e Ramayana is not possible before 13,000 BCE.
Hope this helps.
Nilesh Oak
Thank you very much sir..yes the Shutudri is kind off the clincher but is there any blog on the evidence as to why Shutudri could not have flowed b4 13000 or is it only in the book?…..:)
BTW, there is one additional evidence
(4) There is one more evidence. Separation of river Yamuna from Sarsavati, Yamuna turning east and meeting Ganga. This happened sometime after 50,000 BCE and more likely before 41,000 BCE. Ramayana describes Yamuna as meeting Ganga. This evidence also places upper limit of 50,000 BCE on the timing of Ramayana.
Check out my Youtube video from Srijan Foundation – 17000+ years of Indian civilization.
In fact, what is great about this evidence (Shutudri turning west in 13,000 BCE)is that the evidence came to light about 3+ years after the publication of my book ‘The Historic Rama’ which showed Rama Ravana yUddha occurring in 12209 BCE.
The point being, I did not have this evidence in front of me, when I proposed 12209 BCE. In any case, since scientific method demands consistency, there was no question of me looking into any other (non-astronomy) evidence, even if available, in my research, since my theory was that of visual astronomy observations.
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Last point, All 4 pieces of evidence are clinchers! Not just one on Shutudri. And astronomy evidence (limitation on the validation of the Nakshatra system) is the strongest since your question was based on astronomy. Geology & Hydrology evidence is very strong to demolish enormous dogma of Yuga and Yuga timelines for the civilization of India.
The evidence occurs in the paper by Singh et al (2017) in Nature Communications.
Hats off to your deep knowledge on the subject. I still struggle to understand why it’s so important to know the correct dates of Ramayana and Mahabharata, when these events took place. What’s important is what lessons do we learn from these Itihasa. Thank you.
Thank you.
You are not alone in this struggle. If you study the importance of the role of Itihasa for any given civilization and for the creativity and confidence of the individuals of a specific civilization in how they face the world, you may succeed in comprehending it with the help of Shraddha, Samshay, Jijnasa, Prajna and Tapasya.
If not, you can always focus on the lessons you can learn from Itihasa without worrying about your inability to comprehend the importance of dating.
Nilesh Ji… What you have done is remarkable truly and even if people are not recognizing it yet in coming years your work will Reverberate and spread because right now we are going through a Change a Shift if we dont handle this we will again be Slaves like we were for 900 yrs so once this stabilizes and people start realizing this your work will Rise … Jai Siya Ram . Jai Shivray
Thank you.
Great job!. A question regarding the timeline – Rama defeating/killing ravana is celebrated as Dussehra, and approximate timing for this festival is September-October in present day India. Return of Ram+SIta back to Ayodhya after war is celebrated as Deepavali/Diwali, and approximate timing for this festival is October-November. How does this reconcile with the January timeline provided for both these events in your analysis
I have covered this point in multiple places – blogs, books, Istha-gosthi, my talks.
I have a question regarding… विक्रम सम्बत ..which celebrate in nepal from Vaishakh 1(April. 14 or 15) ….but in india people celebrate Nav Varsha from 25 march ( shukl pratipada)….. Why difference is created ..Any idea sir
Many reasons.
Purnamanta vs Amanta
Variations in when a specific tradition made the correction or NOT with respect to shifting of season and lunar month.
Many of my blogs discuss these issues. Search with keywords. My books also discuss these issues.
One major mistake in the dates show that you have not read/understood Ramayana well. Here is why, the Rama first swayamvara date and vanavas happen the same year as Rama-Sita marriage according to you, which is not correct. Rama was a kid of 12 when he got married. Sita and Rama lived happily in Ayodhya for 12 years before they left for forest.
Read my blog ‘Age of Rama’. Cheers!
That was a good effort. But you did left the important events that also shaped the story’.
Mutilation of surpnakha and rama meeting with hanuman.
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