Category History

The date of Mahabharata is often debated.

However it may be noted that it has been accepted as a Fact of History and not a legend.

People who deny that the Mahabharata is is History and based on facts.

Now based on the internal evidence which abounds in The Mahabharata and external references to the Mahabharata fix the date somewhere between

3129 BCJ and 2559 BCJ.

This wide gap between the Dates is due to our present of Time,

Please read my posts on Time filed under Time,Astrophysics.

Evidence for this conclusion.

1.External Evidence based on references to Mahabharata by other Works.

"Aryabhata, is a famous early astronomer with contributions to science, whose estimate of p, and the time of moon revolution around the earth are so accurate, that his works are being extensively researched. Aryabhata(476-550 AD) stated that Kaliyuga started 3600 years before, when he was 23 years old, making the start as 3102 BC [Aryabhateeya ref-1]). It would date Mahabharata war to around circa 3130-3140 BCJ.

Surya Siddhanta [Ref 2], a document evolved from roughly same period, states that sun was 54 degrees away from vernal equinox when Kaliyuga started on a new moon day, corresponding to February 17/18, 3102 BCJ, at Ujjain (75deg47minE 23deg 15min N).