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Appendix 1 - Resolving the Ancient Language Problem |
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points may be made at this stage. The vedas testify to the existence
of the Purana in the Vedic period itself which obviously got divided
into 18 and in the process expanded. These Puranas provide a
genealogy of kings of major dynasties up to the time of the
Mahabharata war. Telageri uses the list of about 100 kings provided
by P.L.Bhargava.
On the basis of the excavation work by marine archaeologists belonging to the National Institute of Oceanography under the direction of Dr. S.R.Rao, the date of the submergence of Krishna's city of Dwarka can be fixed around 1500-1400 B.C., which, incidentally is also suggested by Puranic records which place it 1000 years before Nanda who ruled in Patliputra around 400 B.C. Take the average reign of a king to be 18 years which is generally accepted by scholars. This takes up back to 3200-3100 B.C. The Aryans are supposed to have come into north-west India around 1500 B.C. and the Rigveda is dated 1000 B.C. at the earliest!
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