"Janamejaya inscription: Mahabharata's veracity proved" - My article in 'Organiser'

I am glad to share the link to my article on Janamejaya inscription found in the custody of Bhimanakatte Matha offering solid proof for the year of the Mahabharata war on 3136 BCE (Pre-Kali 35 years). I have spelt out the objections to this grant and offered my counters to them. I am thankful to the Editorial Team of Organiser, the esteemed magazine of the RSS for publishing the crucial piece of evidence for the year of the Mahabharata war at 3136 BCE and for the beginning of Kali Yuga on 3101BCE. 

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Janamejaya Inscription: Mahabharata’s Veracity Proved (organiser.org)

Janamejaya Inscription: Mahabharata’s Veracity Proved

DR JAYASREE SARANATHANMar 08, 2022, 12:19 PM IST                                           

The Janamejaya inscription, demonstrating the authenticity of the Mahabharata, was found to have been made 5,000 years ago. However, British historians were reluctant to accept that Bharat had such a thriving civilisation

Inscriptions are accepted as foremost primary evidence in historical studies. They belong to the genre of written documents or Lekhya Pramana approved by Shastras, according to the late Dr Nagaswamy, historian and preeminent epigraphist. 

The date of the inscription mentioned in Jyothisha units of time such astithi, star and week-day are therefore reliable. The dates of many kings and dynasties have been deciphered from the year of the Shaka or Kali Yuga found in the inscriptions.

Historicity of Mahabharata

In the same way, the year of the Mahabharata war can be derived using the well attested evidence of a 35-year gap between the war and Krishna’s exit given in four verses in the Mahabharatatext (MB: 11.25.4; 16.1.1; 16.2.2; 16.3.18,19). This makes locating the year of the war easy: it was pre-Kali 35 years. Counted from the completed Kali years as of today (that we continue to use for all religious purposes) 3136 BCE was the year of the Mahabharata war. Though there is no direct epigraphic evidence for this date, five inscriptions have been located so far, bearing the name of King Janamejaya, the great-grandson of Arjuna, as donor. This article highlights one that bears strong evidence for the year of the war and the historicity of the Mahabharata.

For people, who believed that the earth was created only 5,000 years ago, it could have been a rude shock that India had a thriving civilisation 5,000 years ago. Secondly, that was the time that the Aryan Invasion Theory was gaining momentum, which denied the indigenous origin of the Vedic culture and proposed that ‘Aryans’ from Europe brought the Vedic culture to India 3,500 years ago 

Janamejaya Inscription Down South 

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