Unspoken History of India of Six-Thousand Years

By Anand Mohun Sinha

An evolved civilization existed in India, much before the advent of Roman, Greek, Egyptian or Chinese civilizations in this world. And, yet, India is the only country among them, which went into subjugation, in the last millennium. This book gives an insight into its reasons. It also brings out, why Indians are brilliant individually, but collectively, they belong to a third world country. It dwells on their strength and weaknesses developed over 6000 years, which remain unspoken or spoken in disguise. Also, it reflects on the reasons why great men like Shiv, Ganesh, Hanuman and Krishna, who were born just like Christ, Mohammed and Buddha were consigned into mythology.


The readers may find much rationality in its bold attempt to reveal the harsh truth. It also provides thought-provoking solutions, to ponder and act.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Feb 25, 2011
• ISBN: 9781452097695

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Contents

PREFACE

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 2 – YUG, THE SUPER ERA AND RACIAL INFLOW

An Option

Ancient Civilisation Confirmed by Shrutis and Smritis

Yug, the super era

Racial Mix of All Eras

Ingress of Different Races and Some Misnomer

CHAPTER 3 – DOMINANCE OF ARYANS AND SPIRITUAL CLASH

Dominance of Aryans

Difference in Spiritual Followings

SHIV*: A Non Aryan

Shiv-ling

CHAPTER 4 – HISTORY TWISTED INTO MYTHOLOGY

Rishis, the Followers of Shiv

Ram, Ravan and Hanuman

The Avatars

Devious Puraans and Mythology

CHAPTER 5 – HINDUS AND FALLACIES

Who Were Hindus

Varnashram Dharma

Caste by Birth, a Conspiracy

Genesis of Caste System – Another View

Astrologers Fooled

The Downfall of Bharat, Specific to all Castes

Failed Attempt to Remove Casteism

Ashrams

Exploitation of Astrology

Racial and Casteist Overtones of Skin Colour

Hindus in Secular Context

CHAPTER 6 – STATUS OF WOMEN

Honourable Status

Commencement of Deterioration

Child Marriage and Dowry

Child Widowhood and Sati

Education for Women

Current Status

Recognition of True Strength

CHAPTER 7 – ADVENT OF BUDDHA, ASHOK & SHANKARACHARYA

Gautam Buddha

Resilience of Brahmins

Ashok, the Greatest Emperor of Bharat

Cancer of Caste Untouched

Rising Buddhism

Impetus to Casteism by Shankeracharya

CHAPTER 8 – MOGUL & BRITISH RULES

Moguls and Imbibed Culture

Damage to Hindus and Conversion to Islam

Islam not Sufficiently Explained

The British

Immeasurable Benefits Taken Away

Credit to British

CHAPTER 9 – ATTEMPTS TO REDEFINE HINDUISM, THE WAY OF LIFE IN BHARAT

Involvement of Great Men of the Time

Guru Nanak and Sikhism

Swamy Dayanand and Arya Samaj

Swamy Vivekanand and Ram Krishna Mission

CHAPTER 10 – RELIGIOUS PRACTICES & CUSTOMS: A SOURCE OF RIFT

Appearance and Practices Governed by Environment

Need for Simple Explanations

The Cow-Worship

Other Practices Causing Rift

CHAPTER 11 – UNIQUE MOVEMENT FOR INDEPENDENCE

Uniqueness of the Movement

Tilak and Malviya

Non Violent Movement of Gandhi

Muslims for Separate State

More of Mahatma Gandhi

Aspirations and Follies of Jawahar Lal Nehru

Nehru – Gandhi Dynasty

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel and Dr Rajendra Prasad

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Dr B.R. Ambedkar

Role of Birla Family

CHAPTER 12 – EDUCATION IN BHARAT

Before Mogul & British Rules

Stages of Decline, Beginning from 1000 AD

Present Situation

Neglect of Education in Tribal Areas

CHAPTER 13 – RACIAL DEMOGRAPHY AND NATIONAL LANGUAGE

Racialism

National Language

Hindi Devalued in Hindi Region

Sabotage by Parochial Parties

National Unity and English

CHAPTER 14 – CURRENT SITUATION

Political Situation

Consensus versus Democracy

Social Situation

Recognition of Bharat in the World

Hero Worship

Team Work

CHAPTER 15 – AILMENTS OF BHARAT, SUMMARISED

Three Basic Diseases

Racialism -aka- Provincialism

Castesim

Religionism or Secularism

Non-Acceptance of One Common National Language

Sycophancy

Low Self Esteem at All Levels

Misleading Economic Boom

Unfair Selections, Elections and Nominations of Leadership Down to Labour

CHAPTER 16 – SUGGESTED REMEDIES

Remedies Under Twelve Broad Heads

Other Remedies, in Brief

CHAPTER 17 – SUMMARY & CONCLUSION

History beyond Verification

Racialism in Bharat

Caste by Birth, an Addition to Racialism

Misguided Secularism

Patronising of the West and English Mania

Absence of a National Language, a Serious Naivity

Low Self-Esteem, Distrust and Hero-Worship

Hope and Expectations from the Youth

Conclusion

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to the youth of Bharat (India). They alone can have an uncontaminated mind and a zestful heart, to do something boldly for the betterment of the nation and its people.

PREFACE

I prefer to call ‘India’ by its constitutionally recognised name, ‘Bharat’. India is the colonial name of the country, which will be, hopefully, discarded sooner or later. However, at times, for ease of understanding, the names India and Indians have also been used in this book.

Compared with the world standards, Bharat possesses considerable paradox in terms of high profile but low projections in practically all spheres of life. The country can be proud of quality achievements in some fields, but disenchanted at the hopeless failures in the rest. The question is, why this paradox? This book has been written to discover the answer by rationally peeping between the lines of the history of Bharat of six thousand years. The answer had to lie in what has not been obvious or explained in the existing history. The basic ailments, anomaly and incongruity have to be figured out logically, as also by ignoring the blind acceptance of all that has been said or written in the past, in the name of history or mythology.

Sometimes, the analysis of a problem is not objectively complete unless and until the unpalatable areas are also brought to light in full transparency. Perhaps, in the past the people were too mild or diplomatic or simply afraid to bring out the truth. A time must come in the life of a nation when rationality, logical approach and proper interpretation of history must be arrived at in a forthright manner. This is what I have attempted to do in this book, albeit in a very concise manner, so as to discover the remedies and not merely the faults. And, since the book deals with the ‘unspoken lines of Indian history’, its chapters may be found somewhat disjointed.

I admit that a passage or two in the book may ruffle some readers. However, it is well known that whenever an ailment is attacked for a cure, it tries to aggressively react in the initial stages. In the same way, it is hoped that the irritations in some quarters will be symptomatic of reactions similar to an ailment; but in the end, it should benefit the people and the nation as a whole.

Now, for a happy reading, I assume that the readers will be acquainted- even a little, with the great persons of ancient Bharat whose names appear in this book. Further, a few words and phrases, like racialism, casteism, religious appeasement, low self-esteem, etc, appear frequently in many chapters of this book. Being the defining factors of the entire history of Bharat, the mention of these words and phrases, in various contexts, has been inescapable.

Furthermore, the reasoning and arguments in the book are mostly based on my observations, interpretations, revelations and personal experience. In no way, this book attempts to dabble with the history itself. At best, connecting references have been made between history and mythology, because the history of Bharat has been verily entwined with its spiritual pursuits.

In regard to bibliography, the book is based on my overall study of various subjects of life and few known scriptures. However, some of the events of history unknown to many have been taken from a Hindi book called Vishwa Dharma Darshan compiled and written by Sri Savaliyabehari Lal Verma and published by Bihar Rashtrabhasha Parishad, Patna in the year 1975. That book has its own bibliography of hundreds of other books and writings.

Finally, at many places in the book, the words man and men appear which generally implies to mean both, women and men.

Appreciation

I wish to express my deep appreciation to Manoorie Sinha, my grand daughter, for her valuable editorial assistance and support, in completing this book.

Anand Mohun Sinha

Sydney, Australia

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION

The people of Bharat (India) suffered deep social, political and many other kinds of ailments dating back to thousands of years, with continued ramifications until the present times. As a result, the world considers Bharat (India) a backward, third-world country. At the same time, this country is recognised worldwide, as virtuous in many fields, backed by highly qualified manpower and greatly evolved culture. It has a speedily rising economy with immense potential of surpassing many developed countries of the world in a short time. Besides, this country has some of the wealthiest men of the world, while millions of middle-class has also become impressively wealthy. Two and a half thousand years ago, though Bharat was on decline, it was considered a golden land with great riches and unique culture, by the travelers who visited this country from all parts of the world. Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, had accepted this fact, way back in 300 BC.

Many millenniums ago, Bharat reached great spiritual and scientific heights. As a consequence, its growth on material level became more controlled and subdued, with less superfluity and more elevating stance of mind and body. Also, with the growth in spirituality, the people of Bharat began losing their desire for competition or confrontation. This was millenniums ago, when most of the countries of the western world were backward, nomadic or barbaric; and a few were perpetually engaged in fighting and killing each other, for supremacy or survival.

The effect of Bharat’s spirituality can be evident in the fact that from ancient times till the present day, no other country has given to the world as many recognized Mahatmas, Messiahs, Saints and Sages as Bharat. Even then, the downward slide of this country began 6000 years back (4000 BC), basically, due to the subtle conflicts of the immigrating races. In the conflict, the spiritualism of Bharat became the first casualty. In earlier centuries and millenniums, the higher levels of spiritual prowess automatically brought discipline, to do good to the humanity and to succeed in collective activities for the good of the mankind. This gave a great sense of toleration and accommodation among its people, while balancing well with the material growth of that time. But, when the wiser elements of the society began to decline, the people as a whole declined further. Their spirituality got confined to ritualism and superficial worship of the deities in the temples. The discipline, trust and welfare of humanity soon lost importance. The values got distorted towards hero-worship of only the people who mattered or those that held special attractions. It also deviated towards distrust among each other, inability to work as a team, exploitation of the weaker sections of the society and finally, into corruptions of all kinds.

The known history of Bharat has not highlighted the true reasons, or the factors of collective decline of its people, which ultimately led to their subjugation in the hands of a small number of invaders. One could name the apparent factors as disunity, hatred, distrust, poor training, treachery, etc. But, the real cause leading to these were deep and difficult to define. In fact, they seemed to have been succinctly swept under the carpet or disguised in the form of mythologies and Puraans to digress Indians towards confusion, ending only into belief of the God-hood of a few great persons of the past, and that is all. The historical events spanning more than 3000 years, from around 1000 BC to 4000 BC and beyond, were consigned to imaginative untruths and half truths, depicting these to have occurred in different Yugs (the super-eras) of hundreds of thousand years, so that it could be given-up as myths beyond possible verification. All of these were seemingly, to efface the origin of Bharat’s ailments altogether. No archeologist or researcher considered it worthwhile to dig up the proofs to prove or disprove the myths, purportly because these were shown to have occured in various Yugs, millions of years ago. However, some aspects of mythology clearly points towards a cover-up for misdeeds of the last 6000 years, which have ramifications right up to the present times.

The indigenous and other non-Aryan migrating races, who could all be termed as the non-Aryans of Bharat, had a way of life, some mystic but more spiritual. After interacting with the beliefs of the Aryans who migrated later, a combined value-based way of life emerged in Bharat, which became known as Hinduism. Aryans, in the present context and for ease of reference, include all those who ingressed Bharat from the north-west of the country, from time to time. However, for many people in the world, Hinduism looked weird and distorted religion; because, firstly, it was a way of life based on spiritualism; and secondly, it was over-ridden by the dominant race, to achieve racial supremacy in the early stages, followed thereafter by caste supremacy till the present times. Great persons like Shiv, Hanuman and Krishna who were non-Aryans born in Bharat, were consigned to mythology, to depict them as any thing but human beings. Ram, son of King Dashrath, was also propped up in the mythology as a match to Krishna and other great men, to establish that greatness was greater in the Aryan lineage. Ultimately, all of them were placed as deities in various Hindu temples of Bharat, making it easier for the priest class to control the masses in different ways.

By 1000 BC, the people of Bharat were in such decline that the doors of the country automatically opened for any external invader to come and control its destiny. The only difficulty at that time, that is, between 1000 BC and 1000 AD, was that there were no outside powers who could have ventured to invade Bharat and conquer it. Of course, Alexander of Greece tried, but failed. All the same, by the end of these two millenniums of ups and downs – but more downs, a few outside elements became capable of challenging the people of Bharat who were further disunited by then. Among them, the Moguls and the British were able to conquer and rule the country in their respective eras when its decline was reaching the lowest point. Ironically, the Mogul and British rules in some way stopped the speed of further decline and fragmentation of the people of Bharat. The rulers, albeit in their own interest, slowed down the detrimental influence of race and caste in the country. Consequently, in that very period of subjugation, from about 1200 AD till the year 1947 AD; that is, within the last one millennium, many persons of Bharat achieved spectacular success of global standards in science, arts, manual skills and spiritual prowess. This fact makes it evident that given slightest opportunity, the people of Bharat could shine in many fields.

Despite all round deterioration, Bharat remained one nation- spiritually and culturally. But, geographically, it had many land divisions and political rulers, till almost the end of B.C era (about 300-400 BC). Bharat became one nation, politically as well, during the reigns of Chandragupta Maurya and Ashok. Nevertheless, it continued to lose higher sense of values, trust and moral strength among its people, due to ingrained racial conflicts and caste exploitations by the, so called, superior race which tried to dominate the community of that time, rather unfairly. As a result, the maladies that erupted six thousand years back and kept increasing in subsequent millenniums, continued to thrive in a disguised manner till the present times. So far, these maladies have remained unidentified and unchallenged. Or perhaps, having gone deep in the veins of the society, the people who mattered have willingly refused to recognise or rake it. Sordidly, every one blamed Mogul and British Rules in India for all the present day ills of the country, thereby putting a lid over the genesis of the problem. To add insult to injury, the British during their rule, wiped out any evidence of Bharat ever possessing an advance civilisation in the past. The British could not reconcile to the fact that a conquered nation like India could have ever possessed a high civilisation.

The black-out of India’s achievements of the past was so effective that many educated persons of present day Bharat believed in what the British propagated during their rule. They propagated peoples’ backwardness, illiteracy, poverty, exploitation of the poor and abuse of women, as the legacies they had to inherit during their rule. In a limited way they were right, because the transition from good to bad could not be seen by them or even the Moguls, to be able to fathom the country’s intrinsic values that were transparent for a long time, prior to their arrival on the scene. In fact, Moguls succeeded in inheriting good portions of Bharat’s culture and over a period of four hundred years of their rule, they convincingly depicted these as their own. However, in this long period, they too developed all the traits of Hindus and much more, which finally led to their decline and defeat in the hands of British. However, Genghis Khan downwards, the Moguls of invading armies did not possess any culture that could match those of peaceful and spiritual Bharat. In four hundred years of their rule, they imbibed the culture of Bharat and, certainly, not the other way round. Of course, the enforcing of Persian and Urdu language on the people, led to false belief that Bharat of that time, had inherited Mogul culture.

Presently, some cities of Bharat can be seen hurtling upwards into modernization, with high rise buildings, shopping plazas and esplanades. Along with these, can be seen spectacles of showmanship in English language by the educated class; vulgar display of wealth by the neo-rich; blind following of western culture by the city youths; and affluent lifestyle by a small segment of society. On the other hand, all of Bharat and its people, excepting those of a few cities, possess ingredients quite opposite to these. The small towns and villages constituting majority population of Bharat, continue to suffer with many wants and discomforts of life, with negligible growth in every sphere of human existence. The meteoric rise in few areas and lowness in the rest is like a high-rise building over a weak foundation, ready to collapse on smallest pretext. No doubt, the speed of development of any city is always faster and higher than the surrounding villages. But, the test of correct development is that over a period of time this trend of development should be picked-up by the villages, as well. Can the villagers of Bharat ever emulate the showmanship of English language, undesirable aping of western culture and vulgar display of money, among its simple but evolved people? If not, then certainly there is a need to prune or delete the ingredients that have no potential of spreading into villages. One cannot ignore the fact that villages and small towns and not big cities of Bharat represent the nation.

In order to prune the myopic growth, one may have to grapple with the deep down legacies of the past. The legacies, which pulled down the progress of Bharat from time to time, could still have the potentials of sabotaging the progress once again, making all present day achievements unstable and ready to crumble, sooner than later. One need not forget that every few millenniums Bharat had risen to great heights of affluence and high reputation only to go down to an abysmal state of slavery of some kind, later on. Globally, Bharat has a unique location, from where every kind of inspiration, spiritual growth and happiness has emanated from time to time, to influence the entire globe. But, the question at present is, are the people of Bharat sufficiently equipped to match the wits and wherewithal of the advanced countries of the world, any more? Surely, they are or can be so, provided the disguised but surmountable maladies are removed; which, evidently, is an onerous task that the nation is seemingly unwilling to undertake. Or, perhaps, the nation has been unable to recognize these maladies, up till now.

In the world arena also, the leadership of Bharat has been, seemingly, unable to show sufficient moral strength, boldness and courage of conviction, when it was significantly justified to do so. Perhaps, in following the principles of ‘non-interference’, they preferred not to speak, even to uphold human values and the dignity of nations, including their own. This attitude is a sad reflection on the overall timidity of the so called honest persons, and in fact, of the entire nation. In such a situation, only the dishonest and the corrupt become bold and brave in pursuit of their nefarious activities. The common man is left with no options other than to verily accept hopelessness in silence. Perhaps, that is why the people of Bharat have learnt to remain happy and contented in whatever is available to them; a clear sign of self-esteem at its lowest ebb. And yet, the nation is showing definite signs of meteoric progress in material and materialistic fields, at least in big cities.

The people of Bharat, who had gone abroad to any part of the world, whether as a scientist, technocrat, doctor, or simply as manual labour, had sooner or later excelled other persons in performance, despite being safe players by nature and spirit. Yet, in their own country they felt entrapped in a cobweb of corruption, hindrances, aimlessness and mediocrity in every field of activity. Along with the successful few, the country possessed a vast number of equally or more competent persons with denied opportunities.

Bharat remained complacent and oblivious of the chronicity of its ailments right up to the present times. The show of material progress; richness with lot of cash to spend; blind copying of the West and so on, have only worked as cosmetics or glamorous apparel to hide the poor health within. The nation’s preoccupation with various exciting events, both man made and natural, have simply drawn away the people’s mind from critical thinking, to be able to identify the basic problems and their possible solutions. Those who have the ability to identify these are merely grumbling but not grappling with them. In short, it all relates to the ambiguity of Bharat as a nation. As reflected earlier, it has islands of excellence surrounded by seas of seeming inactivity, ignorance and poverty. There are opportunities galore and yet denied to the right persons. Brilliancy exists in a vast number of people and yet they are poverty stricken. This ambiguity dates back to millenniums.

The ambiguity abounds in other areas as well, such as;

• The dominance of provincialism over nationalism. The names like Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata to replace Madras, Bombay and Calcutta were adopted almost overnight. The whole world followed it quickly. Whereas, the nation continues to drag its feet for more than fifty years in adopting the approved name Bharat to replace the colonial name India, given to the nation by the British.

• The politicians, administrators and general public being aggressively loud mouthed within the country, but showing marked timidity, civility and lack of assertiveness in diplomacy, sports, business and every other field, internationally.

• Deep gulf existing between cities and villages, socially, economically and materially.

• A civilisation dating back more than 6000 years, with richness in material, educational, philosophical and spiritual pursuits, now being declared a backward, third world country.

However, the overall picture of Bharat is not as gloomy as described so far. Despite all the weaknesses of its people, pro rata, it is perhaps the happiest country in the world, even in the present state of despondency. The people’s warmth, smile, helpful nature, friendliness, love and affection, are strikingly different to any other country of the world. Man to man, Bharat’s ‘Happiness-Cum-Intelligence Quotient’ is perhaps greater than any other country of comparative size and population. Verily, it is the direct outcome of the spirituality of its people, which neither the USA- the most advanced country, nor China the aggressive emulator of advancement, can ever match. Because of these reasons, Bharat is that country which belongs to neither the ‘first-world’ nor the ‘third-world’. Perhaps, it can be called a country of ‘above-and-beyond-this world’; but only, if it could overcome the deep seated maladies, which in the eyes of the nation, are vague, translucent or opaque. In any case, the nation can not afford to sweep its drawbacks under the carpet; because if not corrected, it may wipe out all of its intrinsic human values in one snap. The people ought to get out of the ever complaining, but smugly self-satisfying mode of existence; to be able to overcome the forces that are likely to destroy the nation.

In brief, an evolved civilization is known to have existed in Bharat well before the advent of Roman, Greek, Egyptian or Chinese civilizations in this world. And, yet, Bharat is the only country among all of them that fell into subjugation in the last millennium. Obviously, it had to be due to some chronic illness of the nation, developed over many centuries, in the past. Therefore, the need of the hour is to identify, analyse and rectify its chronic ailments in correct perspective, such that this nation reaches cosmic heights in every field of human endeavour, once again.

CHAPTER 2 – YUG, THE SUPER ERA AND RACIAL INFLOW

An Option

The readers may find this chapter somewhat complex or confusing, in which case they have the option of skipping it altogether, without feeling any guilt or loss. However, the chapter tries to connect the readers with ancient times, of different super eras when history turned into mythology. It also substantiates an observation in the Bible which implies that good people will inherit the paradise on earth. Perhaps, this has the reference to the super-era of Satyug which dawns at the end of the super-era of Kaliyug when all evils get destroyed. Perhaps, the readers may have to do some thoughtful reading of this chapter to create interest.

Ancient Civilisation Confirmed by Shrutis and Smritis

No recorded history can be had in this world that dates back to 5000 BC. But that is about the time from when the history of Bharat has become perceptible. A well established civilisation existed in Bharat since then, and perhaps, beyond that time. The proof of this exists in excavations. However, to ask for any recorded history of events is to conjure up some writings or books to cover this period of thousands of years, which evidently is not possible. However, recently some written texts on Ayurved (the treatise on Indian traditional medicines) have been found inscribed on wooden blocks that had carbon dating of 6000 years. Also, the extensive writings on treated tree leaves (Bhoj Patra) as old as 2000-3000 years, or maybe older, were available with knowledgeable Indians until the advent of the present day papers. More than that, a very systematic arrangement existed in Bharat since 5000 BC (nearly 7000 years ago) to pass the knowledge of historical events from one generation of Indian society to the next, by means of ‘Shrutis’ (mnemonic narration by mouth, of events, history, philosophies, revelations and metaphysics) and to a limited extent through ‘Smritis’ (writings of the same through memory which were available only to a narrow educated segment of society). In this process the revisiting of historic events, revelations, philosophies and so on were passed through millennia, to reach the present generation in as authentic a manner as can be had from any history book available today to any society. The only drawback of Shrutis has been in regards to the dates of the occurrence of events, which seemingly got distorted over the passage of time.

However, every history book is susceptible to distortions and changes over a time, especially if it is in the grips of vested interest. To some extent the Smritis can be placed in this category as these were in the hands of few knowledgeable persons. Besides, let it not be forgotten that histories are what the people in power wish it to be. On the other hand, the Shrutis (by word of mouth) were being passed among common men of Bharat throughout these millennia, with no substantial deviations. Its message-spread spanned from one corner of Bharat to the other. Nothing could be more authentic than this process of net-working through the words of mouth of common people, excepting that the dates of the events could go wrong. In fact, it seemingly did go very wrong.

In due course of time, even Shrutis became susceptible to distortions when the set up of the people in a society started changing. At certain point in time the Shrutis began highlighting only those events which had selective religious connotations that suited the convenience of the protagonists of a particular religion. Thus, many details of Indian history connected intimately with the social and spiritual growth of the nation which could have convinced the world of its universal appeal, were ignored, suppressed or covered with absurd stories. Soon, the facts turned into fiction and the history into myth. All of this had to happen through the hands of ill-informed religious spokesmen who, like any other men of religion wanted better grips on the masses.

With the passage of time, the details of history were forgotten or in the least, got dissociated from the hands of true historians who could have highlighted the global philosophy of Bharat. Soon, cosmetic and poetic fantasies replaced history. In the eyes of the world, the Shrutis and Smritis ultimately turned into nothing but mythology. In other words, the Indian history, the history of Bharat beyond 1000 BC became mythology simply because the preachers, teachers and those who had intellectual property rights in Bharat had lost the in-depth understanding of history and logical deductions of cause and effect phenomenon in human existence. Or else, the history was turned into mythology as a design, simply to maintain the supremacy of teachers and preachers in creating awe and emotional confusion in the minds of the people of Bharat.

Whatever be the real truth, the fact is that confusion is worse confounded when the history of Bharat talks of events which were supposed to have taken place in different spans of time called Yugs, of millions of years. Immediate reaction to such talks of the past millions of years can be nothing but of disbelief and fantasy. And yet, the events narrated as history in the Shrutis and Smritis have been closely related to the people and places in Bharat of the present times. So, while one might like to conclude that this history of millions of years cannot be anything other than mythology, it is just possible that the concept of Yug, spanning millions of years in time may itself be ill-conceived. Perhaps the Yugs in which the events had occurred could have different connotations deserving further probe. If one said that Christ and Buddha were born 10,000 years ago and not 2000 years ago, it cannot be accepted because the evidence of the latter fact has already been transferred into books. On the other hand, the birth and the existence of Ram and Krishna in not too distant past are evident from various narrations and other factors; but in terms of Shrutis, they were born in different Yugs (super-eras) of millions of years in the past. Obviously, with the passage of time, the exact dates of these events got lost or distorted in the Shrutis. This subject is further discussed in greater details below.

Irrespective of whether the world recognised it or not, the truth behind the Shrutis and Smritis espousing history rather than mythology of Bharat can be sensibly derived and established by the intelligentsia and the educated persons of the present times. For this, the persons need not belong to any particular religion because Shrutis and Smritis were the property of everyone belonging to Bharat and not necessarily to Hindus alone. In any case the religion named Hindu or any other religion of the world was not even born in the Shruti and Smriti eras. Briefly therefore, it will not be proper to brush aside the so-called mythology of Bharat as a total myth.

Yug, the super era

As mentioned earlier, the areas that have created confusion in accepting the veracity of some historical facts must be clarified. One of them is the span of different super eras called the Yugs in the long run of Indian history. Disbelief arises only when the span of a Yug goes beyond the comprehension of a human mind. No one would like to believe if something had occurred or not occurred, a hundred thousand years back and whether any semblance of it could have existed in the present times. Mankind and its social structure could have drastically changed or destroyed several times in this long period, as a number of cyclic events.

Every inanimate or animate object including mankind existed in a system which one may call wheels within wheel or cycles within cycle. A day repeats itself every 24 hours, a year repeats every 365 days, a century repeats every 100 years and millennium every 1000 years. But in all cases the wheels keep going forward as well, in a still bigger wheel of a different kind. For example a day repeats after every 24 hours but the days also go through spring, summer, autumn and winter, and back to Spring. In a similar way, there is a very big cycle of existence of mankind consisting of four Yugs (the four segments of a wheel) which repeats itself at the end of fourth Yug. It is said that at the end of fourth Yug total annihilation takes place so as to begin afresh with the first Yug.

Yug is a super era or super period of time. The Hindus named these four Yugs as Satyug, Dwapar, Thretha and Kalyug. But please hold your breath to know the time span of each Yug. The ancient sages of India or the scientist of ancient India, whatever one may wish to call them, had worked out with some accuracy that the total four Yug cycle as witnessed by the world, spanned 4.32 million years, as follows;

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Total - 4.320 million years

Each of these super eras is said to bring a distinct quality of life for human beings. Satyug is harbinger of an all-round happiness, peace, friendliness and truthfulness. In Dwapar some deterioration takes place in all these qualities. In Thretha the problems and evils take upper hand. And finally, in Kalyug every kind of evil, corruption, dishonesty, distrust, arrogance, excessive anger, revenge and many sources of conflict and chaos takes place. The redemption is the annihilation which occurs at the end of Kalyug. This annihilation can be through natural calamities, man-made calamities or any other. After the destruction of all evils of Kaliyug, the era of Satyug begins sprouting again. However, an interesting point of observation is that in total cycle of 4.32 million years the maximum duration is that of Satyug, the time of total happiness, decreasing gradually in Dwapar, and then Thretha and the least duration, as a mercy of God, is that of Kaliyug. It seems that in the beginning of creation God decided to give all happiness to mankind. But after a long span of time of Satyug the man seems to have got bored of the happiness and began the evil doings gradually, to end up in self destruction at the end of Kaliyug.

Now, to make it more baffling, the sages claimed that the repetitive time cycle in the case of universe (perhaps the solar system) was seven times bigger than the world’s cycle of Yugs. In other words, when the world’s Yug cycle spanned 4.32 million years to sprout and end, that of solar system spanned 30.24 million years to do so. These figures are not only mind boggling but also the creator of doubts as to its authenticity. Unfortunately, no record seems to have been kept to identify the works of the concerned sages. The mathematical working of these figures must have been held as a Smriti by some knowledgeable teacher or preacher whose progenies may have eventually destroyed or misplaced it.

However, the fact that the Yug cycle of solar system has been worked out as seven times that of the world, it stands to reason that there could be varying cycles of smaller periods of yugs, sub-yugs (mini-yugs) and sub-sub-yugs (micro-yugs) for different areas of the world, as well; like cycles within cycle. For Bharat and adjoining lands, which approximates to one-seventh land area of the world, the sub-yugs could as well be one-seventh of the world’s major yug cycle of 4.32 million years; that is, approximately 0.618 million years (6,18,000 years). Assuming this to be a good guesstimate, the break up of yug periods for Bharat, in the same proportions as that of the world, can be as follows:

This guesstimate does not tally yet, when it is claimed that Ram and Hanuman came one Yug earlier than Krishna. At the above scale, this would still mean that Ram came more than hundred thousand years before Krishna and yet the people of today could narrate his activities so vividly. This is where it could be dropped as absurd. Therefore, a further analysis may become meaningful.

Presently, Bharat is passing through the above Kaliyug period of 61,800 years. This can be further broken in terms of four mini-yugs (sub-yugs) of Kaliyug, in the same proportion, as follows:

Bharat is passing through the restive period of Mini-Kaliyug within Kaliyug, of 6180 years. This is likely to end somewhere around 2100 AD. Whatever is known about Indian History belongs to this period.

However, based on the above figures of Mini-Dwapar, Mini-Thretha and Mini-Kaliyug, it is still not convincing that Krishna was born nearly 10,000 years back in Mini-Thretha, when the remanents of Dwarka, Pandav’s Fort in Delhi, Mathura, Vrindavan etc. are moot evidence of his more recent existence. Therefore, it seems justified to probe further, perhaps, in the current Mini-Kaliyug of 6180 years. If this period is further split into four groups, as Micro-yugs (sub-sub yugs) of Kaliyug, it works out as follows:

The above figures appear pragmatic. Perhaps, the entire known history of Bharat pertained to these four micro-yugs, within the mini-kaliyug of a total of 6180 years. Shiv, Ganesh, Ram, Hanuman, Krishna, Buddha, Christ, Mohammed and all great men of the present times, were born in this period.

But, before scrutinising these any further, an expression of doubt regarding the gap between the births of Ram and Krishna, may be apt, at this point. In Geeta, Krishna has said that He takes birth as human-being (Avatar) in practically every era or super-era, to bring the society to order, whenever it goes berserk. Therefore, for Ram to be an Avatar, he had to be born atleast one yug away. And, since Ram was born somewhere in Dwapar yug, the birth of Krishna was required to fall in Thretha, the next Yug. Logically, it seems correct; but this juxtapositioning of timings to corroborate some event, has only created more confusion in regards to the time-span of Yugs. Krishna had emphasized that He took birth when, and only when, the humanity went berserk, which no doubts, happened now and then; but not necessarily in every yug or era. Therefore, it was not necessary that when Ram came in Dwapar (Micro-Dwapar), Krishna had to come in Thretha (Micro-Thretha), seemingly between 246 AD and 1482 AD, the history of this period being already known. From the analysis of the micro-yugs given above, it is very likely that both Ram and Krishna were born in Micro-Dwapar, between 1600 BC and 1000 BC. This argument will appear more convincing in later chapters of the book. Meanwhile, it can be said, that Ram and Hanuman were born a few centuries before Krishna; and Mahabharat took place somewhere around 1000 BC (around 3000 years back), and not beyond. In the same token, Shiv and Ganesh were born around 4000 BC, when Mini-Kaliyug had just commensed giving more evil-propensities to the people of Bharat.

It is believed that presently, some research is under way in Bharat to establish the period of time when Mahabharat should have actually taken place. It has been accepted commonly, that it had not ocurred millions of years ago, as the Thretha Yug would suggest. At least, this takes away the untrue sting of mythology. However, in regard