New findings in Aihole Inscription..that determine Mahabharatha war

The Aihole Inscription of Ravi Kirti at the Meguti temple, a minister and poet in the court of Badami Chalukya King, Pulakesi II, is in Sanskrit language and old Kannada script. It is considered one of the finest pieces of extant poetry in the Sanskrit language and is a eulogy of King Pulakesi II and his conquests.




The full transcription of the inscription in English can be read here
(https://cbkwgl.wordpress.com/2015/01/19/chalukya-pulakesis-aihole-inscription/)


Aihole inscription has following important lines

Trinshatsu Trisahasreshu Bhaaratdahavaditaha | Saptabda Shatayukteshu Gateshwabdeshu Panchasu | Panchashatasu Kalaukale Shatasu Panchashatsu cha | Samatsu Samatitasu Shakaanamapi Bhoobhujaam ||

Till now people read it like this

" ‘3,735 (30+3000+700+5) years have already elapsed since Bharatha war" and 556 (50 + 6 + 500) years since shaka era is running (on this date of engraving this inscription)’.

Considering shalivahana saka as 78AD (Note this is assumption)

a) 78+556 = The Incription is dated as 634 AD

b) 3735 - 634 = 3101 BC is set as Mahabharatha war.

Problem here is

1) No body explained why the years are splits like 3000/30/50/6/500 etc..

2) Shaka era assumed to be Shalivahan shaka, although there is no proof, it has replaced Vikrama Shaka by that time in south.

Let us Re-analyse the words

a) Trinshatsu Trisahasreshu Bhaaratdahavaditaha => 30+3000 since "Death of hero of Bharathawar". This points Krihnas death Krishna (who supervised bharatha war and killed because of it due to curse of Gandhari) . So, It points to kaliyuga beginning and not to Bharatha war. Here 3000 year points to Bharatha war and 30 years represent Krishnas death after war. So, 30 and 3000 are given separately. So, it means 3030 years has passed since Bharatha war and 3000 years since Krishnas death (probably this stone is sculpted here to mark this mile stone of 3000 also!).

b) Saptabda Shatayukteshu Gateshwabdeshu Panchasu Panchashatasu => First word is clear 7X 100 = 700. after this word we see "Gata", which means past. Then we see 2 words, "aswa+abdha". Aswa means "horse", Abda means Sea. These words are simple discounted. But these words are not simply inserted here. "Panchasu Panchashatasu" Panchasu Panchashatasu means 55 years. So, if we add all, it means, 700 years back has passed since 55 years of horses coming from sea. This indicates 55 years of horse import happened from sakas before 700 years (May be sea trade stopped with sakas due to a war, so the year since this crucial horse import (via sea) stopped 700 years back, which was counted due to strategic importance is also mentioned).


We need to consider this (breaking of Mauryan rules on sea trade) as in the same inscription the following lines appear,

(V. 20.) In the Konkanas the impetuous waves of the forces directed by Him speedily swept away the rising wavelets of pools – the Mauryas. (and pallavas too). So the sea ports that could bring "Arabian horses" were taken after long time (since maurayan times).


After breaking Konkan, Pulakeshi attacks other kingdoms by sea, as seen by the lines followed...

(V. 21.) When, radiant like the destroyer of Pura, He besieged Puri, the Fortune of the western sea, with hundreds of ships in appearance like arrays of rutting elephants, the sky, dark – blue as a young lotus and covered with tiers of massive clouds, resembled the sea, and the sea was like the sky.


Also the famous Ajantha painting of Pulakeshi 2s court scene shows envoys from Persia (the dressing is very clear). Also note the horses were standing with Persian people at the door.  Does this represent restart-of horse trade with Arabaia?? Horse trade was a major political statement of strengthening military in India. The name "horse trade" is so accustomed that any legislator switching parties is considered as "Horse trading" even today. If there was a blockade due to Ashoka to trade horse down south without his notice (or subsequent blockade by coastal kingdoms like  Konkan), Karnataka military power was stunted. Pulekeshin-2 breaking such a blockade marks a major event. That is why this painting is done in Ajantha. How can such a "major event" will be missing in an inscription like that of "Ravikeerthi", that lists all the achievements of pulekeshi-2?

From the wrong dating, the emissaries are  written in all publication as, they are from King Khusru-2 of sassanian empire of persia. What is the basis for such a claim is not clear.




c) Kalaukale Shatasu Panchashatsucha => Kalukale means "now/ this year running" (6 and 500) is 506 years passed

d) Samatsu Samatitasu Shakaanamapi.... => as year after year from "Shaka".

As popular in north, if we take Vikrama shaka  (57 BC), Then the numbers works out like this....

1) Running year = 506 - 57 = 449 AD

2) Bharatha war = 3030 - 449 =  2581 BC

c) Kaliyuga start = 3000 - 449 =  2551 BC

d) Horses by sea started to come to South India = 755-449 = 306 BC (Pointing to Megasthanese period!!)

e) Horse trade stopped = 251 BC  (May be due to Ashokan controls on horse trade)

What is contradictory here 

Main objection would be putting pulakeshi 2 at 449 AD would be that, the same inscription refers "Harsha". We have strong evidence of HiuensTsang meeting Harshavardhana in 643 AD (from Chinese sources). Equating Harshavardhana with pulekeshin from this aihole inscription, historians anchored pulekeshin to 7th century. However, there is no evidence that, "Harsha" in the inscription is same as "Harshavardhana". As Harsha doesnot carry a Dynansty name in the inscription, it is attributed to Harshavardhana. But that may not be correct. Note the inscription is poetic. Before the line where "Harsha" is mentioned, it talks about 3 powerful regions Latas, Malvas and Gurjaras becoming feudatories. So, the "Harsha" here mean the "Happiness" of the kings of these region. Harsha of the inscription doesnot ascribe to king Harsha. As there are no other records of war between Harshavardhana and King pulakeshin 2, it is just a tale to link them. Harshacharitha of Banabhatta does not mention this encounter (argument for that is, Harshcharitha is meant to praise the king and hence it does not count his defeats).  

The Aihole inscription mentions most of the kingdoms of north. It even mentions "a segment of Mauryans". But "Guptas are absent. As Guptas were in the recent past (like pallavas, chera, chola etc), Guptas should have come in the inscription. But no mention about Guptas. This has to be explained.


 Gandharis Referrence

Gandhari was, initially and many more times subsequently, checked by Vyasa from any kind of unfortunate utterance in anger; at one sight she got so overwhelmed with grief and anger that she cursed Govind (Sri Krishna) in the following words in Slokas 43, 44 and 45 of the twenty fifth chapter of the Stri Parva of the Mahabharata:

“O Govind, since you have overlooked the Kauravas and Pandavas fighting and destroying each other, you will also be a destroyer of your own people. In the 36th year from now, your brothers, sons and nobles will also destroy each other in a similar fashion and wandering in the forest you will meet your end in an ignoble manner.”

Again, there is a description in the Mausala Parva of the Mahabharata about how Sri Krishna observed the ominous circumstances at the commencement of the 36th year after the war of Mahabharata and said thus in Sloka 21 of the second chapter (18: 6467):


 
The time has come for the fulfillment of the curse laid by Gandhari when she was tormented and afflicted by sorrow on account of the slaying of her people.

Wishing to see the fulfillment of the curse Sri Krishna advised the Yadavas to move to Prabhasha Tirtha where after getting drunk they destroyed each other in the ensuing fight.

Ravikeerthi has taken 30 instead of 36. The beginning word of the line shoula have been,  "षट्त्रिंशत्" . May be for composition purpose or some other reason, it is truncated as, "त्रिंशत् " 

So, if we add 6 years Mahabharata war was 3036 years since the date of inscription. That means, war happened in 2587 BC.

Now let us see what Vaharamihara states in Brihatsamhita (15: XIII.3, pp.207-08)

 

The Munis (Sapta Rishis) were in Magha when king Yudhisthira ruled the earth, the period of that king was 2526 years before the Saka era.

Considering saka is vikrama saka, this works out to be

2526+57 BC = 2583 BC => Yudhistira was ruling (2587 BC is mahabharatha war and Yudhistira was crowned after that. Note Varahamira says "shasati", which means, he was already ruling. Varahamira does not say, the celestial event of spatrshi in Magha happened during crowning or during Mahabhartha war.

So, Varahamihira concurs with the Aihole Inscription.

Due to wrong interpretation of Aihole inscription, it was not matching with varhamihira, Vrudha gargha and kalhana panditha (all concurs with Vaharamihira). Kalhan pandithas dating not matching with "Aihole" inscripton was used as the the major objection and criticism point for the dating of Mahabharatha. Now, this objection should fall flat.

Now let us see  what Aryabhata stated in Aryabhateeyam...

Scholars state that,

It is said that Sage Vaisya, the author of Mahabharata, warned Dhritarashtra of the planetary augury which were a conjunction of Saturn with Aldebaran, a lunar eclipse near Pleiades ( an open cluster of hot blue stars in the constellation Taurus), retreating Mars before reaching Antares ( the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius).
 
The fifth century mathematician Aryabhatta calculated this date to be approximately 3100 BC.  

 (But no specific referrence is given to 3100 BC statement. Obviously Aryabhata did not know AD/BC etc. If at all he states, it should be with Kalikala or with reference to Vikrama shaka. 3100BC of Aryabhata is again derived figure, by putting aryabhata simply at 5th CE. What Aryabhata states is that).

"When the three yugas (satya yuga, treta yuga and dwapara yuga) have elapsed and 60 x 60 (3,600) years of kali yuag have already passed, I am now 23 years old.”
  

So, Aryabhata is not establishing any date (like 3102 BC for mahabharata war). He only uses it to indicate his year of writing and his age. So, Aryabhata wrote Aryabhateeyam in 

3600 - 2581  = 1019 AD (Aryabhata was 23 year old).

But many Historians do not want to see him in 11th CE but in 5th CE. So, it is tweaking Mahabharatha war time. 

Now let us see  what Alberuni states...

Alberuni’s gauge-year is 1031 A.D. (16: Volume II, p.7). There was no difference of opinion about the beginning of Kaliyuga at his time. He writes, “Regarding the time which has elapsed since the beginning of the kaliyuga, there exists no difference amounting to whole years. According to both Brahmagupta and Pulisa, of the kaliyuga there have elapsed before our gauge-year 4132 years, and between the wars of Bharata and our gauge-year there have elapsed 3479 years. The year 4132 before the gauge-year is the epoch of the Kalikala, and the year 3479 before the gauge-year is the epoch of the Pandavakala.” (16:Vol.II, pp.4-5)

4132 years before Gauge year (1031 AD) => 4132-1031 = 3101 BC (What happened here to call it as kalikala has to be seen, although he says no division of opinion). 

3479 years before Gauge year (1031) => 4132-1031 = 2448 BC (103 years After Bharatha war of 2551 BC) 

What they denote is not clear. May be alburuni was misguided completely. 
Alburunis 3101BC reference was used to justify wrong interpretation of Aihole Inscription. But Alburuni statement itself is wrong as he "predates" kalikala before  "Pandavas". Indian scriptures consistently say, till krishnas death, It was "Dwapara Yuga". 

References (Read them to understand the issue in depth)
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1) Sharing of finding from Ramaka Sakala
2) http://new.resurgentindia.org/the-overwhelming-evidence-in-favour-of-the-traditional-indian-date-for-the-beginning-of-the-kaliyuga-and-the-mahabharata-war/#prettyPhoto
3) http://www.thetinyman.in/2015/11/scientific-date-of-mahabharata-war-from.html
4)http://www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/MahabharataII.pdf
5)https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/the-scientific-dating-of-the-mahabharat-war 
6)https://www.quora.com/How-old-are-the-Mahabharata-and-Ramayana/answer/Sunil-Sheoran


In Kannada: (From Ramka Sakala)
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ರವಿಕೀರ್ತಿಯು ಐಹೊಳೆಯ ಮೇಗುಟಿಯ ಜಿನದೇವಾಲಯದ ಶಾಸನ ಮಹತ್ತರವಾದುದು. ಅದು ಕಾಲಗಣೆನೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಕಲಿಯುಗಾಬ್ದವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ಈ ಶಾಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವ ಸಾಲುಗಳು



ತ್ರಿಂಶತ್ಸು ತ್ರಿಸಹಸ್ರೇಷು ಭಾರತಾದಾಹವಾದಿತಃ |
ಸಪ್ತಾಬ್ದ ಶತಯುಕ್ತೇಷು ಶ(ಗ)ತೇಷ್ವಬ್ದೇಷು ಪಂಚಸು ||
ಪಂಚಾಶತ್ಸು ಕಲೌ ಕಾಲೇ ಷಟ್ಸು ಪಂಚಶತಾಸು ಚ |
ಸಮಾಸು ಸಮತೀತಾಸು ಶಕಾನಾಮಪಿ ಭೂಭುಜಾಮ್ ||
ಶಾಸನದ 16ನೇ ಸಾಲಿನಲ್ಲಿನ ಈ ಶ್ಲೋಕ ಬಹಳ ಮಹತ್ವವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ.
ಅ) ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಯುದ್ಧವರ್ಷವನ್ನು "೩೭೩೫ " ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. (೩೦+೩೦೦೦+೭೦೦+೫).
ಆ) ಇದಲ್ಲದೆ ಈ ಶಾಸನವು 556ನೇ ಶಕಕಾಲವು ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದುದನ್ನು ಜ್ಞಾಪಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ.
ಇದನ್ನು ಹೊಸದೃಷ್ಟಿ ಇಂದ ನೋಡಿದರೆ....

1) ತ್ರಿಂಶತ್ಸು ತ್ರಿಸಹಸ್ರೇಷು ಭಾರತಾದಾಹವಾದಿತಃ - 3030 ವರ್ಷ್ ಮಹಾಭಾರತ ಯುದ್ದದ್ದು, ಮತ್ತೆ ಮೂವತ್ತು ವರ್ಷ್ ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ಸಾಯುವಾಗಿನ ಸಮಯ ಅಂತ. ಅಂದರೆ ೩೦0೦ ವರ್ಷದ ಹಿಂದೆ ಕಲಿಯುಗ ಶುರುವಾಗಿದ್ದು. ೩೦೦೦ ವರ್ಷ್ ಕಳೆದ ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ಈ ಶಾಸನದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಬರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ.

2) ಸಪ್ತಾಬ್ದ ಶತಯುಕ್ತೇಷು  -> ೭೦೦ ವರ್ಷ ಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ

3) (ಗ)ತೇಷ್ವಬ್ದೇಷು ಪಂಚಸು ಪಂಚಾಶತ್ಸು -> ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ "ಅಶ್ವ" ಅನ್ನುವ ಪದ ಮತ್ತು "ಅಬ್ದ" ಅನ್ನುವ ಪದದ ಜೊತೆ ಕೂಡಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಮತ್ತೆ ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರುವ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ೫೫. ಇದರ ಅರ್ಥ, ಸಾಗರದ ಮೂಲಕ ಕುದರೆ ತಂದದ್ದು, ಏಳುನಾರ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ, ೫೫ ವರ್ಷ್ಗಳ ತನಕ ನಡೆಯಿತು ಅಂತ, ಅಂದರೆ, ೫೫ ವರ್ಷ್ ಶಕರ ಜೊತೆ ಹಡಗಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಕಟ್ಟಲು ಕುದುರೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಿರಬಹುದು. ಈ ಕುದರೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ, ದಕ್ಷಿಣಕ್ಕೆ ಬರುವುದನ್ನು, ಸಾಮ್ರಾಟ್ ಅಶೋಕ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಕಾರಣಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ್ದಿರಬಹುದು. ಅರೇಬಿಯಾದ ಕುದುರೆಗಳು ಸೈನ್ಯ ಶಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಇದು ಪ್ರಮುಖವಾಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಈ ರೀತಿ ಬರೆಸಿರಬಹುದು.

4) ಕಲೌ ಕಾಲೇ ಷಟ್ಸು ಪಂಚಶತಾಸು ಚ -> ೫0೬ ವರ್ಷ ಶಕ ವರ್ಷದಿಂದ ನಡೆದು ಈಗಿನ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ವಿಕ್ರಮ ಶಕೆಯನ್ನು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿದರೆ ( ೫೦೬ ವರ್ಷ - ೫೭ ಬಿ ಸಿ) = ೪೪೯ ಎ. ಡಿ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ.
ದಕ್ಷಿಣದಲ್ಲಿ "ಶಕ ಅಂದರೆ ಶಾಲಿವಾಹನ ಶಕೆ. ಇದು ಬಹಳ ಉಪಯೋಗದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಉತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಕ್ರಮ ಶಕೆ ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿತ್ತು. ಶಾಲೀವಾಹನ ಹಾಗೂ ವಿಕ್ರಮ ಎರಡೂ ಉತ್ತರಭಾರತದ್ದು. ಅವುಗಳ ಬಳಕೆ ದಕ್ಷಿಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವಾಗಿನಿಂದ ಶುರುವಾಯಿತು ಎನ್ನುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಪುರಾವೆ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಿರುವ ರವಿಕೀರ್ತಿಯು ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವ ಶಕೆ ಅನ್ವಯವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಅನ್ನುವುದು ಶಾಸನದಿಂದ ತಿಳಿಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಪಂಡಿತರು ಶಾಲಿವಾಹನ ಶಕೆಯನ್ನು ಬಳಸುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ ವಿಕ್ರಮ ಶಕೆ ಹಿಂದಿನದ್ದು. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಶಕರೊಂದಿಗಿನ ಕುದುರೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ನೆನಪಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದರಿಂದ, ಅದು ಹಿಂದಿನ ವಿಕ್ರಂ ಶಕೆ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಸೂಕ್ತ.

ಇವೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಿ ಶಾಸನದ ಕಾಲ ೪೪೯ ಎ . ಡಿ ಅಂದರೆ,

ಅ) ಮಹಾಭಾರತ ನಡೆದ್ದದು ೪೪೯ ಎ . ಡಿ ಗಿಂತ ೩೦3೦ ವರ್ಷ್ ಹಿಂದೆ. ಅಂದರೆ ೨೫೫೧ ಬಿ.ಸಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ
ಆ) ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಸತ್ತದ್ದು (ಮತ್ತು) ಕಲಿಯುಗ ಶುರುವಾಗಿದ್ದು ೩೦0೦ ವರ್ಷ್ ಹಿಂದೆ. ಅಂದರೆ ೨೫೮೧ ಬಿ ಸಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ
ಇ) ಕುದುರೆ ಹಡಗಿನಿಂದ ಬಂದದ್ದು ೭೫೫ ವರ್ಷ್ ಹಿಂದೆ. ಅಂದರೆ ೩೦೬ ಬಿ. ಸಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ. ಇದು ಮೆಗಾಸ್ತನೀಸ್ ರಾಯಭಾರಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದ ವರ್ಷ.
ಈ) ಕುದುರೆ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ ನಿಂತದ್ದು, ೭೦೦ ವರ್ಷ್ ಹಿಂದೆ. ಅಂದರೆ ೨೫೧ ಬಿ ಸಿ ಯಲ್ಲಿ. ಈ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಶೋಕ ಬಹಳ ಪ್ರಭಾವನಾಗಿದ್ದ.

ಈ ಕಾಲ ನಿರ್ಣಯ ಸರಿಯಾ ಎನ್ನುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಪುರಾವೆ ಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಈಗ ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಖಗೋಲತಜ್ಞ, ವರಾಹಮಿಹಿರ ಹೇಳಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಗಮನಿಸಿ (ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದೆ).

 

ಶಕವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ , ೨೫೨೬ವರ್ಷ್ ಮೊದಲು ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನ ರಾಜ್ಯಭಾರ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿರುವಾಗ. ಸಪ್ತರ್ಷಿಮಂಡಲ ಮಖಾ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಇತ್ತು.

ಅಂದರೆ ೫೭ಬಿ ಸಿ + ೨೫೨೬ = ೨೫೮೩ ಬಿಸಿ. ರವಿಕೀರ್ತಿಯ ಶಾಸನ ೨೫81೧ ರಿಂದ (ಮಹಾಭಾರತ ಯುದ್ಧ ಮುಕ್ತಯದಿಂದ) ೨೫5೧ರ ಬಿಸಿ ತನಕ (ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಮರಣಿಸುವವರೆಗೆ) ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನ ರಾಜ್ಯಭಾರ ಇತ್ತು ಅಂದು ತೋರಿತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಯುದ್ಧಕಾಲವನ್ನೇ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.
ಪುರಾಣದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ, ಗಾಂಧಾರಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣನಿಗೆ ೩೬ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾದವರ ಕುಲ ನಾಶವಾಗಲಿ ಅನ್ನುವ ಶಾಪ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ೪೩, ೪೪ ಮತ್ತು ೪೫ನೇ ಶ್ಲೋಕ, ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ೨೫ನೇ ಅಧ್ಯಾಯ ವಾದ, ಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಪರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದಿದೆ.




ರವಿಕೀರ್ತಿ ಇದನ್ನು ೩೦ ಅಂತ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿರಬಹುದು (ಷಟ್ ತ್ರಿಂಶತ್ಸು ಅಂತ ಶುರುವಾಗಬೇಕಾದ ಶ್ಲೋಕ, ತ್ರಿಂಶತ್ಸು ಅಂತ ಶುರುವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ !!) . ಈ ೩೬ ವರ್ಷ್ ಅಂತ ಮಾರ್ಪಾಟು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ, ಮಹಾಭಾರತದ ಯುದ್ಧ ಕಾಲ ೨೫೮೭ ಬಿ ಸಿ ಆಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅಂದರೆ ೨೫೮೩ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಯುಧಿಷ್ಠಿರನ ರಾಜ್ಯಭಾರ ನಡೆಯುವಾಗ, ಮಖ ನಕ್ಷತ್ರ ಕ್ಕೆ ಸಪ್ತರ್ಷಿಮಂಡಲ ಬಂದಿತ್ತು. ಇದು ಕರಾರುವಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಹೋಲುತ್ತದೆ.

ಇದು ಸರಿಯಿದ್ದರೆ ಬಹಳಷ್ಟು ಐತಿಹಾಸಕ ಘಟನೆಗಳನ್ನು ನವೀಕರಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಉ. ದಾ
ಆರ್ಯಭಟನನ್ನು ಐದನೇ ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದವನು ಅಂತ ಈಗ ಭಾವಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಈತ ತನ್ನ ಆರ್ಯಭಟೀಯಂನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾನೆ

"ಸತ್ಯ, ತ್ರೇತಾ ಹಾಗೂ ದ್ವಾಪರ ಯುಗ ಮುಗಿದು ಈಗ 60x60 ಅಂದರೆ ೩೬೦೦ ವರ್ಷ ಆಗಿದೆ , ಈಗ ನನಗೆ ೨೩ ವರ್ಷ".

ಕಲಿಯುಗಾರಂಭ - 2581 ಬಿ ಸಿ. ೩೬೦೦-೨೫೮೧ = ೧೦೧೯ ಅಂದರೆ ೧೧ನೇ ಶತಮಾನ.

ಈ ರೀತಿ ವಾದ ಸರಣಿ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಬುಡಮೇಲು ಮಾಡಬಹುದು. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಇದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ತಿಳಿದವರು ವಿಮರ್ಶೆ ಮಾಡಬಹುದು.