It is generally agreed by many modern scholars that the presently available recensions of the epics and the Puranas were compiled around the beginning of the Christian Era. Traditionally the date goes to the beginning of the Kali Era. Accepting the views of the modern scholars, though two thousand years have passed since their completion and though there has been a vast change in the circumstances, those recensions are still found to be very useful and effective in cultivating the minds of the Hindus. Mahatma Gandhi wanted Ramarajya after independence. Many isms had cropped up by that time and the countries following them were quite prosperous also. Yet he favored Ramarajya of Rama's time. Such an everlasting influence do the Indian history books possess.

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