Which is older Vedas or Mahabharata?

Puranic historians have dated the Vedas, based on internal astronomical evidence, to 7,000 BCE (9,000 years ago), the events of the Ramayana to 5,000 BCE (7,000 years ago) and the Mahabharata war at Kurukshetra to 3,000 BCE (5,000 years ago).

When did Mahabharata really happen?

K. Sadananda, based on translation work, states that the Kurukshetra War started on 22 November 3067 BCE. B. N. Achar used planetarium software to argue that the Mahabharata War took place in 3067 BCE.

Was Mahabharata after Indus Valley civilization?

ASI finds evidence of 4000 years old civilisation at ‘Mahabharat era’ excavation site, different from Indus Valley Civilisation. Previously, the Archeological Survey of India had discovered the ‘First Ever’ physical evidence of chariots being used in a near 2000 BC period which was considered the bronze age.

Is the Ramayana Vedic?

In the Mahabharata, the Pandavas are told the story of an ancient king called Ram, which makes Ramayana, at least narratively, an earlier tale. Now the Vedic hymns are written in a Sanskrit called Vedic Sanskrit while the oldest Ramayana and Mahabharata texts we have are written in a Sanskrit called Classical Sanskrit.

Did Mahabharata happen before Indus Valley?

Historians disagree on the date. It ranges from around 3200 BC to 700 BC — a period of 2,500 years! Curiously, historians unanimously agree that Kurukshetra did not take place between 2500 BC and 1500 BC. This is the period when the Indus Valley civilization “collapsed”.

Is Mahabharata older than Bible?

Simply put, “The Mahabharata,” one of India’s two major Sanskrit epics, is staggering. At about 100,000 stanzas, it is 15 times longer than the Bible and eight times as long the “Iliad” and the “Odyssey” combined.

Was the Mahabharata a part of the Vedic period?

According to archeologists Dikshit and Mani, the oldest Indus Valley sites date from around 7500 BC. If Vartak and Oak are correct, the Mahabharata events and story are from the middle period of the IVC. I’m not sure that Vedic times were later than the Indus Valley Civilization.

What was the impact of the Mahabharat war on India?

The Mahabharat war (3139 BC) had shattered the economy and abolished many localized civilizations of India. There were thousands of kings and millions of people who died in that war. That much loss of population in those days was a big thing, and, as a consequence of the war, big patches of uninhabited land lay stretched across the subcontinent.

Did Mahabharata or Ramayana happen in the Indus Valley Civilization?

There is little chance that Mahabharata or Ramayana event happened in Indus Valley Civilization as we have no evidence of usage of iron or chariot warfare or use of horse or even organized warfare in Indus Valley regions.

Did the Mahabharata take place after the Iron Age?

Mahabharata has a lot of instances where the usage of iron is mentioned (I take Raja Gopala Chari’s translation, as people say it is sound). And we all know that Iron age was in between 1500 BC – 200 BC. Even this explanation would say that Mahabharata had happened after the glorious Indus Valley Civilization.