The common misperception that the MBH is dated to 3100 BCE (as often stated in the works of Nahari Achar and/or others such as Srinivasa Raghavan) is disproven and shown that the astronomical evidence normally used to substantiate this timeframe (3102-3067) is incorrect and not supported by any of our scriptures or texts – MBH (3 layers of the text), Skanda Purana, and Shatapatha Brahmana. Although Prof. Iyengar doesn't review the archaeological finds at MBH cities (such as Indraprastha, Hastinapura, Ahichhatra /Panchala or Dvaraka), or the dynastic or rishi/priest chronologies at all, those bodies of data also point to this same timeframe of roughly 15th century BCE for the MBH Epic.
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Niraj Mohanka
Indologist
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