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> History 1,900 Million Year of place called India...

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> History of the uninterrupted Ganges valley civilization of India for

> 1,900 million years according to the Bhagwatam.(Hindu Scripture)

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> Taking into account the formation of the ozone layer and the

> development of the atmosphere on the earth planet (after the previous

> pralaya), it must have been around 1,900 million years ago when the

> human civilization started.

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> Shukdeo says that in this kalp (day) of Brahma, Swayambhuva etc., six

> manvantars have already elapsed. The seventh one is running.

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> Swayambhuv was the first Manu of this kalp. His wife was Shatroopa.

> They had two sons and three daughters. In the family succession of

> the first son, Priyavrat, Rishabhdev, Bharat, Jadbharat and Prahlad

> are the most important ones. Dhruv was from his other son Uttanpad,

> and Bhagwan Kapil was from his daughter Deohooti who was married to

> Sage Kardam.

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> Much later in the generation of Dhruv, in the sixth manvantar, the

> greatness of King Prithu and Prachetas is notable. The descriptions

> of these family successions and generations run from the fourth to

> the ninth canto of the Bhagwatam. They describe just the important

> events of that manvantar that teach a devotional moral and propound

> the Gracious kindness of God that are helpful for a seeker of God's

> love in strengthening his faith and improving his dedication for Him.

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> The second manu was Swarochish, the third was Uttam, the fourth was

> Tamas, the fifth was Raivat and the sixth was Chakchush. The seventh

> one is Vaivaswat Manu, the present one. There is also a brief

> description of the future seven manus in the eighth canto of the

> Bhagwatam. In all of the Puranas similar descriptions are found with

> less or more reflections of these events. Sometimes certain events do

> not mention the name of the manvantar in which it had happened

> because it is all the happening of a single day of Brahma, and

> moreover, the motive of their description is to induce faith and

> dedication in a God seeker's mind, not to satisfy the intellectual

> thirst of a worldly historian. However, the chronology of time since

> the birth of Brahma is perfectly maintained and that very fact is

> enough to believe that our scriptures are Divinely produced.

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> History of the present manvantar of Vaivaswat Manu that started about

> 120 million years ago and up to 3072 BC.

> Vaivaswat Manu had ten sons and one daughter (Bhag. 8/13/1-3 and

> 9/1/11,12,16). The eldest son was Ikchvaku. Kaushal (Ayodhya) was the

> kingdom of Ikchvaku dynasty. A main branch of this family succession

> was called `Surya Vansh.' His daughter's name was Ela who gave birth

> to a son named Pururva from the celestial god Budh, the son of Som or

> Chandra Deo (Bhag. 9/1/35). Later on this family was called `Som

> Vansh or Chandra Vansh.' Bhakt Ambarish was the grandson of Nabhag

> who was the son of Vaivaswat Manu.

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> In the family succession of Ikchvaku, Mandhata, Satyavrat

> (Trishanku), Harish Chandra and his son Rohit, Sagar, Aushuman,

> Dileep and Bhagirath, who brought Ganga on the earth planet, are

> notable; and also Khatwang who realized God in only 45 minutes before

> his death. Khatwang's son Raghu, his son Aj and his son Dashrath; his

> son Bhagwan Ram, and Lav and Kush, are the main Divine personalities

> who really established the greatness of Surya Vansh in the world.

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> The family succession of Lav and Kush runs up to the Mahabharat war

> when Brihadbal was killed by Abhimanyu. This family succession goes

> further up to Sumitra where the Ikchvaku succession ends. (It's all

> described in the ninth canto of the Bhagwatam.)

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> In the distant family succession of Pururva, there is a description

> of Maharishi Jamdagni whose son Parashuram killed Sahasrabahu Arjun

> of Haihai family. There is also an account of Sage Shaunak and Yayati

> of Nahush family.

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> In the Chandra Vansh family succession, the important personalities

> are, Dushyant, his son Bharat, and Bharadwaj. In the lineage of

> Bharadwaj, King Hasti established Hastinapur. His son Ajmeedh had

> many sons. In one of his son's family succession were Drupad, Dropadi

> and Dhristdyumn; and in the other son's family succession Kuru was

> important who lived in Kurukchetra. Kuru had four sons.

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> From here, the family succession of Kuru branches out in two very

> important sections. In the fifth generation of his son Sudhanva was

> Brihadrath who established the kingdom of Magadh. His son Jarasandh

> was killed in Mahabharat war by Bheemsen. In the twelfth generation

> of his other son Jahnu was Shantanu who was the King of Hastinapur.

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> Shantanu had three sons. Bhishm from Ganga (he always remained

> single) and Chitrangad and Vichitravirya from Satyavati, who was also

> the godmother of Bhagwan Ved Vyas. Chitrangad had no child and

> Vichitravirya died at an early age. So, on the request of Queen

> Satyavati, Ved Vyas Divinely caused both wives to conceive just by

> sight. They gave birth to Pandu who had five sons called the

> Pandavas, and Dhritrashtra who had hundred sons called the Kauravas

> (the eldest of whom was Duryodhan). They fought the Mahabharat war.

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> After winning the Mahabharat war, Yudhishthir, the elder brother of

> the Pandavas, ruled Hastinapur for 36 years and 8 months, and after

> the ascension of Bhagwan Krishn to His Divine abode, the Pandavas

> also travelled to the north and left their body in the Himalayas.

> Kaliyug started immediately after the ascension of Krishn (Bhag.

> 12/2/33) in 3102 BC.

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> Parikchit the grandson of Arjun became the king, who, after the 30th

> year of his reign (in 3072 BC), left this world after listening to

> the Bhagwatam. His son was Janmejaya. The dynasty of Chandra Vansh

> ended with Chemak and then other dynasties ruled Hastinapur.

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> The kingdom of Magadh remained in power up to the end of Gupt dynasty

> (83 BC). In the family succession of Brihadrath, Marjari (the

> grandson of Jarasandh) became the king of Magadh after the Mahabharat

> war in 3139 BC.

 

 

 

 

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