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Re-Establishing the True Chronological History of India Re-establishing the True Chronological History of India Indian civilisation is arguably, the oldest continuous civilisation that possibly had its origin in the early beginnings of the Holocene around 15000-14000 BCE. Puranas relate the continuous chronology of the political history of ancient India starting from the Surya Vamshi king Ikshvaku to the kings of the Gupta dynasty. There is abundance of epigraphic, archaeological and literary evidence for the critical study of the chronology of ancient India. Unfortunately, the exact epochs of certain ancient eras were forgotten by 10th and 11th centuries. This led to many inconsistencies and contradictions in Indian chronology. In the last 233 years, Western historians and their followers took advantage of these inconsistencies and distorted the entire chronology of ancient India. They concocted many false theories and managed to take modern Indian historical research in the direction that suited their purpose. The Epochs of Ancient Indian Eras: The True Sheet-anchors of Indian Chronology As a matter of fact, the chronic and complex problems in the study of ancient Indian chronology arise from a misunderstanding of the epochs of ancient Indian eras. As unanimously accepted by all historians, inscriptions are the most valuable source of ancient Indian chronology. Based on the epigraphic and literary evidence, we can conclusively fix the epochs of ancient Indian eras starting from the date of Buddha nirvana. In the last three years, I have extensively worked on the subject and published a book “The Chronology of Ancient India: Victim of Concoctions and Distortions” and various articles which can be downloaded from https://independent.academia.edu/VedveerArya. Based on my research work, I propose the following true epochs of ancient Indian eras. Epochs as assumed by Proposed Epochs modern historians based on epigraphic evidence 1 Saka era 78 CE 583 BCE 2 Sakanta era 78 CE 78 CE 3 Karttikadi Vikrama era 57 BCE 719 BCE 4 Chaitradi Vikrama era 57 BCE 57 BCE 5 The epoch of Mahabharata War ?? 3162 BCE 6 The date of Buddha Nirvana 483 BCE 1865 BCE 7 The epoch of Theravada Buddhism 483 BCE 1765 BCE 8 The date of Nirvana of Vajrapani ?? 1541 BCE 9 Mahavira Nirvana era 467 BCE or 527 BCE 1189 BCE 10 Nandaraja era (as referred to by ?? 1129 BCE Kharavela) 11 Agupatayika era 200 BCE 1034 BCE 12 Sri Harsha era 606 CE 457 BCE 13 Gupta era 319 CE 335 BCE 14 Bhaumaka era 760 CE 335 BCE 15 Valabhi era 319 CE 319 CE 16 Kalachuri Chedi era 248 CE 403-402 BCE 17 Lakshmana Sena era 1119 CE 445 CE 18 Chalukya Vikrama Samvat 1076 CE 415 CE 19 Kollam era 825 CE 164 CE 20 Simha era 1112 CE 451 CE 21 Bhatika Samvat 624 CE 624 CE 22 Lichchavi Samvat 78 CE 965 CE 23 Manadeva Samvat ?? 85-84 BCE 24 Nepali (Pashupatinatha) Samvat 880 CE 3 BCE 25 Nepali/Newari Samvat 880 CE 218 CE 26 Yavana era 186 BCE 972 BCE 27 Azes era 58/57 BCE or 48/47 BCE 844 BCE Following the Sankalp Se Siddhi (New India Movement 2017-2022), a great initiative by Honorable Prime Minister, let us take pledge to re-establish the true chronological history of India by 2022. Initiated by: Vedveer Arya .
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