Guest guest Posted April 9, 1999 Report Share Posted April 9, 1999 Using astronomy/astrology to date Mahabharata. We are always fascinated by such dating process, using Astronomy/Astrology. Similar process to pinpoint Christ's birthday showed that he was not born in December at all! Has there been any archaeological proof to substantiate these dates? One can argue that the positions of planets etc can be worked out in later years when the Mahabharata was being formulated. Then these planetary positions could have been added to the story. We would like to know if anyone knows of any archaeological finds which can substantiate these dates? We are active in portraying Hinduism to a large number of youngsters in England. We have tried our best to make the presentation as rational as possible. We feel this cautious approach is beneficial in the long run. jay Vivekananda Centre London Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 1999 Report Share Posted April 9, 1999 On Fri, 9 Apr 1999, Vivekananda Centre wrote: > Using astronomy/astrology to date Mahabharata. > > We are always fascinated by such dating process, using Astronomy/Astrology. > Similar process to pinpoint Christ's birthday showed that he was not born in December at all! > > Has there been any archaeological proof to substantiate these dates? > > One can argue that the positions of planets etc can be worked out in later years when the Mahabharata was being formulated. Then these planetary positions could have been added to the story. We would like to know if anyone knows of any archaeological finds which can substantiate these dates? > > We are active in portraying Hinduism to a large number of youngsters in England. We have tried our best to make the presentation as rational as possible. > > We feel this cautious approach is beneficial in the long run. > > > jay > Vivekananda Centre London > namaste. Archeology, astronomy, science are all different sides of the same coin: the attempt by the human intellect to fit in the un-understandable to what the human intellect can understand. It *is* a wrong attempt and should be abandoned at some stage. MahAbhAratA war and the story is an example. However much human attempts are made to fit in the events within the human intellect, there is bound to be failure. Lord KrishNa, the Consciousness of all, cannot be fitted to a human form. We should not attempt to intellectualize Shri KrishNa's form or role, or indeed the role of mahAbhAratA. Just like we do not attempt (quite correctly) to find out the source of the vedAs, let us also not try to find the source of Shri KrishNa. YAjnavalkyA's caution to GArgi in Br^hadAraNyaka upanishad is to be kept in mind in this context. Regards Gummuluru Murthy ------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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