Date of Maha_bha_rata War: two eclipses in 13 days

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>[HinduThought] Date of Maha_bha_rata War: two eclipses in 13 days

>Sun, 21 Apr 2002 04:58:06 -0000 >

>http://www.indianest.com/astro/00325.htm

>http://www.indianest.com/astro/00325a.htm >An article by Dr. S. Balakrishna of

NASA Feb. 23, 2002 > >"Analysis of the Eclipse tables. > >The first and oldest

eclipse pair from 3129 BC is unique. Aryabhata >estimated that Kaliyuga started

in 3102 BC. So does Surya Siddhanta. >These fit the Puranic description that Sri

Krishna passed away in >3102 BCJ, which is 27 years after the war. Our study

confirms that >Kaliyuga could have started in 3102 BCJ. > >The second date 2559

BCJ is also unique in that Varaha Mihira stated >that 2526 before start of Saka,

Yudhishtira was the ruling king. If >it Saka was Vikrama it would make

Yudhistira as king in 2583 BCJ, >which is before Mahabharata War. Yudhistira

was also king for a short >time before war, before he lost it in a game of dice

to >Sakuni/Duryodhana. This date is also an excellent candidate for >Mahabharata

war. There is another event that occurs in 2559 BC. While >the eclipse pair

occurred in lunar month Shravana, there is another >short solar eclipse in

Pushya. On 13th day of Mahabharata war, it is >said that Jayadhratha was killed

when Sri Krishna covered the sun for >a short time just before the sunset. This

event could be looked upon >as a solar eclipse. A study of year 2559 shows that

another solar >eclipse did occur in Pushya lunar month (Julian Dec 06, 2559)

some 40 >days before the winter solstice (Uttara ayana)... > >In conclusion,

this article has tried to address the basic issue, >whether " Thirteen day"

eclipse pairs are astronomically possible. >The conclusion is that such eclipse

pairs have occurred and observers >could easily identify the duration using

sunset/sunrise transitions. >3129 BCJ and 2559 BCJ dates appear to be very

viable dates for >Mahabharata war as are a few others. This study provides

modern >scientific support one critical astronomical statement made in

>Mahabharata Bhishma Parva that "Thirteen day" eclipse pair occurred >in

Kurukshethra before the Mahabharata war." > > >------------------------

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