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Re: REQUEST : Dating of the Mahabharata war?



In the article <ghenE0D0v8.FDx@netcom.com>,
of Mon, 4 Nov 1996 19:01:56 UTC,
skrishna@gp101.jsc.nasa.gov wrote:
> I remember reading an issue of Science Today (Times
> of India publication) many years ago regarding
> attempts to date the Mahabharata war.
> The process included various methods such as
> examining the list of 'rajyas' (kingdoms) listed in
> the Mahabharata and working out when they all
> existed, to analysing the eclipses mentioned therein
> [...]

Here is one of the posts on this subject from 1993:
 
[Occurrences of "A.D." and "B.C." have been replaced with
 CE (Common Era) and BCE (Before Common Era), respectively.]
   
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THE SCIENTIFIC DATING OF THE MAHABHARAT WAR
         (16th October 5561 BCE)
                   by
       Dr. Padmakar Vishnu Vartak
                 (Part-8)
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PLUTO (was also known to Vyas in 5561 BCE)
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Krittikaam Peedayan Teekshnaihi Nakshatram......[30-Bheeshma.3]
   
Vyas  states that  there was  one Nakshatra,  i.e, some  immobile
liminary troubling  Krittika (Pleides) with its  sharp rays. This
"star" in Krit-  tika must have been some  "planet". It must have
been  stationary  for  many  years,  that  is  why Vyas called it
Nakshatra  which means  a thing  that does  not move according to
Mahabharat itself [Na Ksharati Iti Makshatram]
   
Hence the  Nakshatra was a  planet moving very  slowly like pluto
which takes nine  years to cross one Nakshatra  of 13 degrees. My
assumption  that  this  Nakshatra  was  Pluto  gets  confirmed by
B.O.R.I (Bhandarkar  Oriental Research Institute?)  Edition which
states thus :
   
Krittikasu  Grahasteevro  Nakshatre  Prathame  Jvalan......  [26-
Bhishma.3]
   
Some editions  mention 'Grahasteekshnah'. Thus  Teevra, Teekshana
and Nakshatra  are the names of  one and the same  planet (graha)
which was  in Krittlka in 5561  BCE Let us see  if Vyas has given
these names to  Pluto and if Pluto was in  Krittika. It is stated
that Krittika was troubled with sharp  rays by that planet - this
indicates that it was Nirayan Krittika.
   
Pluto  was  at  175  degrees  in  1979.  It  takes  248 years per
rotation.  1979+5561=7540  years.  7540   divided  by  248  gives
30.403223 turns. 0.403223 turn means 145  degrees. 175 - 145 = 30
degrees. This is  the site of Krittika. Thus  it is proved beyond
doubt that  Vyas bas mentioned  the position of  Pluto, which was
discovered to the modern world in  1930. Vyas could have used his
Yogic Vision or mathematical brain or a lens or some other device
to discover Teevra, Teekshna' or Nakshatra or Pluto.
   
Thus all  the three so-called  'New' planets are  discovered from
Mahabharat.  It  is  usually  held  that  before the discovery of
Herschel in 1781  AD, only five planets were  known to the world.
This  belief is  wrong because  Vyas has  mentioned 'seven  Great
planets', three times in Mahabharat.
   
Deepyamanascha Sampetuhu Divi Sapta Mahagrahah....[2-Bhishma.17]
   
This stanza  states that the  seven great planets  were brilliant
and shining; so Rahu and Ketu  are out of question. Rahu and Ketu
are described as  Graha' 23 meaning Nodal points.  (Parus means a
node). Evidently  Rahu and Ketu  are not included  in these seven
great planets. The Moon also is  not included, because it was not
visible  on that  day of  Amavasya with  Solar Eclipse.  From the
positions  discovered by  me and  given by  Vyas it  is seen that
Mars, Sun,  Mercury, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus  and Neptune were the
seven great  planets accumulated in a  small field extending from
Anuradha  to Purva  Bhadrapada. So  they appeared  to Ved-Vyas as
colliding with each other, during total solar eclipse.
   
Nissaranto Vyadrushanta Suryaat Sapta Mahagrahah....[4-Karna 37].
   
This stanza  clearly states that  these seven great  planets were
'seen' moving  away from the Sun.  As these are 'seen',  Rahu and
Ketu are out of question. This  is the statement of sixteenth day
of  the War,  naturally the  Moon has  moved away  from the  Sun.
Hence, Moon,  Mars, Mercury, Jupiter,  Uranus, Venus and  Neptune
are the seven great planets mentioned by Vyas.
   
Praja Samharane Rajan Somam Sapta grahah Iva......[22-Drona 37].
  
Here again seven planets are mentioned, excluding the Moon.
  
Even  if we  do not  consider the  planetary positions,  from the
above three stanzas, it is clear that seven planets are mentioned
which do not include the Sun,  Moon, Rahu and Ketu. Naturally the
conclusion is  inevitable that Vyas did  know Uranus (Shveta) and
Neptune (Shyama) as planets.
  
If  they  were  known  from  5561  years  BCE  then  why they got
forgotten?  The answer is  simple, that these two planets, Uranus
and Neptune were not useful in predicting the future of a person.
So  they lost  importance and  in the  course of  time they  were
totally  forgotten.  But,  in  any  case,  Neelakantha  from 17th
century knew these two planets  very weIl. Neelakantha is about a
hundered years ancient than Herschel, and he writes that Mahapata
(Uranus) is a famous planet in the Astronomical science of India.
He also  mentions the planet  'Parigha' i.e. Neptune.  22 So both
were known in India, at least one Hundered years before Herschel.
Vyas is 7343  years ancient than Herschel, but  still he knew all
the three planets Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. [...]
 
Courtesy of Prasad Gokhale
 
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi, Astrologer jai@aloha.com   jai@mantra.com
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