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AUTHOR'S PROFILE

Short Profile of Saroj Bala 

Smt. Saroj Bala had distinguished herself as an IRS officer. After retiring as Member of CBDT(Central Board of Direct Taxes), she plunged herself whole-heartedly into multi-disciplinary scientific research to ascertain about the historicity and antiquity of Vedas and Epics. The research was undertaken by her under the guidance of Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam. This multi-disciplinary scientific research was carried out in close coordination with distinguished scientists from archaeology and archaeobotany, geography and geology, oceanography and hydrology, remote-sensing and genetic studies.

After carrying out intensive and extensive research for several years, Smt. Saroj Bala wrote a book in association with Shri Kulbhushan Mishra, which was published in 2012 under the title: "Historicity of Vedic and Ramayan Eras: Scientific evidences from the depths of oceans to the heights of skies." Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar conferred the degree of Doctor of Science on her for this research.

Her next book ‘रामायण की कहानी, विज्ञान की जुबानी’ was released in October 2018. A year later a copy of the same was presented by Honorable CM Yogi Ji to India’s most revered Prime Minister Shri Narender Modi Ji. The English version of this book titled ‘Ramayan Retold with Scientific Evidences’ was released on 5th February 2019. This was discussed in opening session of Timeslitfest on 30^th November 2019. Government of India honored her with "Vivekanand Puraskar" in 2021 for writing these books.

The contents of these two books reveal that the author had extracted astronomical references sequentially from Valmiki Ramayan, and then generated the corresponding sky-views using Planetarium and Stellarium softwares. These cannot be repeated in 25920 years. At least eleven sequential skyviews have revealed that Events narrated in Ramayan relate to the period around 5100 BCE, i.e. 7100 years back. The evidence supporting this astronomical date sequence from archaeology and archaeobotany, geography and geology, oceanography and hydrology, remote sensing and genetic studies, has been woven exquisitely into the story narrated in Valmiki Ramayan. Beautiful pictures of Ramsetu and many excavated samples and artifacts, mentioned in Ramayan, have also been included in these books.

In March 2021, her book ‘Mahabharat Retold with Scientific Evidence’ was launched.This book (and its Hindi version titled "महाभारत की कहानी, विज्ञान की जुबानी"launched on 12th November 2022 at J.N.U.) is a narration of important events relating to Mahabharat war with exact dates. Sky simulations of sequential astronomical references, spanning a period of 52 years, have proved that the war was fought in the year 3139 BCE. Besides astronomy, the book puts forth evidence from seven disciplines of science, which prove that the profound philosophy of "Bhagavad Gita" was actually passed on to the world on ShuklaEkadashi of Margashirsha Month in 3139 BCE. Map having Geo co-ordinates of the kingdoms which fought during the Mahabharat war, along with GPS plotting of excavated Harappan sites located therein, would change the perception about ancient India’s history. If Mahabharat war was fought in 3139 BCE, are we not supposed to conclude that the so-called Harappan excavated sites actually represented the Vedic civilization of Mahabharat era, which has been indigenously developing for last 9000 years?

In October 2021, her book ‘राम कथा सितारों से सुनिए’ was released. This is a shorter, simpler and cheaper version of ‘रामायण की कहानी, विज्ञान की जुबानी’. It was authored jointly with Shri D C Agarwal and was published on public demand.

Mrs Saroj Bala’s mission and vision in life have the objective of restoring shared pride in India’s glorious past and ancient heritage and help make India a knowledge hub of the world again. The contents of these books would surely raise the self-esteem of all Indians. These books are capable of showcasing before the world antiquity and richness of India’s cultural heritage coming down from Vedic and Epic Era, which has been developing indigenously for 9000 years. These are high quality library editions, which include more than a hundred pages printed in color on high quality craft paper and deserve to be sent to most of the universities of the world and to Libraries of Indian Embassies located all over the world.

A documentary film on Ramayan Retold with Scientific Evidence has also been produced through a professional Film Producer; it has come out wonderfully well, the link is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GASsp7lYjnY&t=703s. It has been uploaded on Saroj Bala’s YouTube Channel titled Rigveda to Robotics created in 2022, having the link - https://www.youtube.com/c/RigvedatoRobotics .

For sincere and in-depth scientific research on the project titled, “Cultural Continuity from Rigveda to Robotics through Sky simulations of Astronomical References and Supporting Scientific Evidences”, the Director of I-SERVE, Mrs. Saroj Bala was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar. During the same Convocation, this degree was awarded to Shri Suresh P. Prabhu, Minister of Railways, Govt. of India. Some pictures are attached along with the Citation.

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Haryana Governor Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki conferring Ph.D. degree on Director, I-SERVE Smt. Saroj Bala

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Smt. Saroj Bala: Director, I-SERVE; Sh. Suresh Prabhu, Railway Minister; and Haryana Governor Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki after the faculty precession

CITATION FOR CONFERRING

THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF SCIENCE

(HONORIS CAUSA)

ON

SMT. SAROJ BALA

ON THE OCCASION OF

FOURTH CONVOCATION

GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, HISAR

(SEPTEMBER 22, 2016)

Esteemed Mr. Chancellor

It is indeed a matter of great honor for the fraternity of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar that a degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) (Honoris Causa) is being conferred on Smt. Saroj Bala. She is presently working as the Director of the Institute of Scientific Research on Vedas (I-SERVE). For more than seven years, she has been working as the Chief Research Co-Ordinator of the Research project titled ‘Determining Cultural Continuity from Rigveda to Robotics through sky simulations of astronomical references and supporting scientific evidences’. This involves extraction, translation and sequential dating of astronomical references in ancient Sanskrit literature, particularly in Rigveda, Valmiki Ramayan and Mahabharat, by making use of Planetarium software; establishing co-relation of such astronomical dates with ecological, archaeological, palaeobotanic, anthropological, oceanographic and remote sensing evidences for scientific reconstruction of the history of our ancient culture and civilization.

Smt. Saroj Bala has authored the books entitled:

1. Historicity of Vedic and Ramayan Eras: Scientific Evidences from the Depths of Oceans to the Heights of Skies”

2. “वैदिक युग एवं रामायण काल की ऐतिहासिकता:समुद्र की गहराइयों सेआकाश की ऊँचाइयों तक के वैज्ञानिक प्रमाण”. Through these books, she has proved that sky views of planetary references in Valmiki Ramayan could be observed sequentially around 5100 BC and carbon dating of artifacts excavated from several sites also considers these more than 7000 years old. Books authored by her under the titles: ‘Ramayan Retold with scientific Evidences’ and ‘रामायण की कहानी - विज्ञान की जुबानी’ are already with the publisher.

Because of her sincerity, dedication and persistence, she finally succeeded in determining the true astronomical dates of Mahabharat references, which are likely to set at rest all controversies relating to dates of Mahabharat war. At present she is busy writing her next book, “Mahabharat Retold with Scientific Evidences” which will include eleven sequential sky views generated by using Planetarium software, covering a period of 52 years from 3153 BC to 3101 BC, which exactly match the descriptions in Mahabharat with the date of war falling in the year 3139 BC.

It may be highlighted here that Smt. Saroj Bala is neither an astrophysicist nor an archaeologist, neither an oceanographer nor a space scientist, neither a geologist nor a DNA scientist. In fact she is not from the science background; however for last more than twenty years, she has been studying and analyzing original scientific research reports from all these disciplines. She is of the firm view that true and exact dates of events/references in Vedas and Epics can be determined by making use of the latest scientific tools and technologies. She also believes that solution to many of the problems, which India is facing today, lies in writing a pure scientific history, using pure scientific tools and correlating pure scientific research reports. Smt. Saroj Bala remains fully dedicated to this national cause and voluntarily renders services in coordinating this kind of multi-disciplinary scientific research activity, which will help carry forward the mission of scientifically determining the antiquity and continuity of our cultural heritage and of uniting different castes, communities and regions of India.

It is my profound privilege to mention that Smt. Saroj Bala has done M.A. in Political Science and holds a degree in LLB. She belongs to 1972 batch of Indian Revenue Service and was the First Lady Officer in the history of Income Indian Revenue Service to be adjudged as the ‘Best All Round Officer’ at National Academy of Direct Taxes. She worked as Joint Commissioner, Additional Commissioner, Commissioner and Chief Commissioner of Income Tax at various locations in India. She had retired as Member of Central Board of Direct Taxes in 2009.

For last seven years, she has dedicated herself with a missionary spirit to proving scientifically that Ramayan and Mahabharat are our true historical and cultural heritage, Dravidians and north Indians share their genetic profile and that Vedas contain some valuable knowledge of scientific discoveries and technologies. Therefore, in recognition of her contribution to the field of science and technology, research capabilities,  administrative accomplishments and above all for her service to the spirit of nationalism, Mr. Chancellor, Sir, I present to you Smt. Saroj Bala and request you to confer upon her the degree of D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) of Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar.

                                                                                                Prof. Tankeshwar Kumar

                                                                                                Vice-Chancellor

Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar

Forth Convocation

September 22, 2016

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‘राम कथा सितारों से सुनिए’

14 अक्टूबर 2021 को "राम कथा सितारों से सुनिए" पुस्तक का विमोचन किया गया। इस पुस्तक में महर्षि वाल्मीकि द्वारा रामायण में वर्णित क्रमिक ग्रहों की स्थिति के आकाशीय दृश्यों को प्रदर्शित किया गया है। पुरातत्व, समुद्र विज्ञान और सुदूर संवेदन सहित विज्ञान के आठ विषयों के साक्ष्य इस खगोलीय तिथि क्रम का समर्थन करते हैं।

                     https://garudabooks.com/ram-katha-sitaron-se-suniye-

इस पुस्तक में वाल्मीकि रामायण में दी गयी महत्वपूर्ण घटनाओं के समय वर्णित आकाशीय दृश्यों का खगोलीय तिथि निर्धारण किया गया है। खगोलीय संदर्भों की सटीक तिथियाँ प्लैनिटेरीअम गोल्ड तथा स्टेलरीउम सॉफ्टवेयर का उपयोग कर की गई हैं । पुरातत्व व् पुरा-वनस्पति विज्ञान, भूगोल व्समुद्र विज्ञान, रिमोट सेंसिंग और आनुवंशिक अध्ययन भी इस खगोलीय काल निर्धारण की पुष्टि करते हैं।

श्रीराम की नर से नारायण बनने की यात्रा का सटीक व् विश्वसनीय वर्णन इस पुस्तक में अंतर्निहित है।यह पुस्तक, भारतीय राजस्व सेवा की पूर्व अधिकारी श्रीमती सरोज बाला व भारतीय राजस्व सेवा के अन्य सेवनिवृत अधिकारी, श्री दिनेश चंद्र अग्रवाल का संयुक्त प्रयास है। इस पुस्तक में ‘रामायण की कहानी, विज्ञान की जुबानी’ के संक्षिप्त व सरलीकृत तथ्य भी शामिल किए गए हैं ।

यहाँ पर यह बताना आवश्यक होगा कि पिछले 25920 वर्षों में किसी एक समय ही हूबहू वही व्योमचित्र दिखायी देता है जिनसे संबंधित ग्रहों नक्षत्रों का संदर्भ लिया गया हो और वही सटीक तिथि निर्धारण कर सकता है। अन्य वैज्ञानिक साक्ष्यों को जोड़ते समय आवश्यक है कि वही व्योमचित्र हर बार दर्शाया जाए और तत्पश्चात सह संबंध स्थापित किया जाए ।

‘राम कथा सितारों से सुनिए’ – लेखक सरोज बाला व दिनेश चंद्र अग्रवाल - पुस्तक विमोचन वीडियो

शोध के बारे में कुछ और दिलचस्प वीडियो देखने के लिए यूट्यूब चैनल पर जाएं https://www.youtube.com/c/RigvedatoRobotics/videos

सरोज बाला से जाने रामसेतु से संबंधित वैज्ञानिक साक्ष्य और कुछ बेहद दिलचस्प तथ्य, 2021

14 अक्तूबर 2021 को पुस्तक ‘राम कथा सितारों से सुनिए’ के विमोचनके समय श्रीमती सरोज बाला ने बताया कि खगोलीय तथा पुरातात्त्विक प्रमाण रामायण को 7000 वर्ष पुराना सिद्ध करते हैं। रामसेतु वर्तमान में समुद्र के जल स्तर के तीन मीटर नीचे जलमग्न है और एनआईओ, गोवाके द्वारा तैयार समुद्र जलस्तर वक्र के अनुसार, 7000 वर्ष पूर्व समुद्र का जल स्तर वर्तमान से तीन मीटर नीचे था; इस प्रकार 7000 वर्ष पूर्व इस पर चला जा सकता था।

सरोज बाला ने शिपिंग-मार्ग बनाने हेतु सेतु को तोड़ने के विफल हुए प्रयासों के वारे में कई दिलचस्प तथ्य बताए - ड्रेजिंग कारपोरेशन ऑफ़ इंडियाद्वारा हॉलैंड से मंगाया गया ड्रेजर सेतु तोड़ते समय दो हिस्सों में टूटकर जलमग्न हो गया।ड्रेजर को निकालने गया डीसीआई का क्रेन भी टूटकर समुद्र में डूब गया।निरिक्षण के लिए आये रूसी अभियन्ता (इंजीनियर) की टांग टूट गयी! आस्था वाले लोग इसे दैवीय प्रकोप मानते हैं जबकि वैज्ञानिक इस का वैज्ञानिक आधार बताते हैं। जो भी हो, रामसेतु के अंतिम अवशेषों को नष्ट करने के भारतीय सरकार के सभी प्रयास विफल रहे तथा कई हज़ार करोड़ का नुकसान भी हुआ।

शोध के बारे में कुछ और दिलचस्प वीडियो देखने के लिए यूट्यूब चैनल पर जाएं https://www.youtube.com/c/RigvedatoRobotics/videos

चतुर्युगों की सटीक व्याख्या सुनिए श्रीमती सरोज बाला से / अक्तूबर 2021 / Rigveda to Robotics

14 अक्तूबर 2021 को पुस्तक ‘राम कथा सितारों से सुनिए’ के विमोचनके समय श्रीमती सरोज बाला ने कहा कि चतुर्युग (सतयुग, त्रेता युग, द्वापर युग और कलियुग) में मूल रूप से केवल 12,000 मानव वर्ष ही होते थे।कुछ अल्पाधिक वर्षों सहित चतुर्युग के अवरोही तथा आरोही क्रम भी थे। परन्तु सुदूर प्राचीन काल में किसी समय एक मानव वर्ष को देवताओं के एक दिव्य दिवस के बराबर मानकर चतुर्युग को 12,000 दिव्य वर्षों का मान लिया गया। यही नहीं फिर उत्तरायण (सूर्य की 180 दिनों की उत्तर दिशा में चाल) को देवताओं का एक दिन और दक्षिणायण (सूर्य की 180 दिनों की दक्षिण दिशा में चाल) को देवताओं की एक रात मानकर यह व्याख्या कर दी गई कि ये 360 दिन देवताओं का एक दिन और एक रात होते हैं।

संभवत: यह व्याख्या ध्रुव देवता के एक दिन और एक रात के लिए की गई थी। फलस्वरूप 360 मानव वर्षों को देवताओं के एक वर्ष के बराबर मान लिया गया। तत्पश्चात् चतुर्युग को 12000 दिव्य वर्षों का मानकर, इन 12000 दिव्य वर्षों को 360 से गुणा करके चतुर्युग की समयावधि 43,20,000 मानव वर्ष निर्धारित कर दी गई।भला मनुष्यों के लिये ‘दिव्य वर्ष’ लागू करने का क्या औचित्य हो सकता था और फिर सूर्य की उत्तरायण और दक्षिणयाण चाल के 360 दिनों के साथ चतुर्युग के 12000 वर्षों को गुणा करने का भी क्या औचित्य हो सकता था?

शोध के बारे में कुछ और दिलचस्प वीडियो देखने के लिए यूट्यूब चैनल पर जाएं https://www.youtube.com/c/RigvedatoRobotics/videos

पुस्तक "महाभारत की कहानी, विज्ञान की ज़ुबानी" के विमोचन के अवसर पर पुस्तक "राम कथा सितारों से सुनिए" कुछ वी.आई.पी. को सम्मान स्वरूप भेंट की गयी

Mahabharat Retold with Scientific Evidence

The book is a narration of important events of Mahabharat war with exact dates. Sky simulations of sequential astronomical references, spanning a period of 52 years, have proved that the war was fought in the year 3139 BCE.

Besides astronomy, the book puts forth evidence from seven disciplines of science, which prove that the profound philosophy of Bhagavad Gita was actually passed on to the world on Shukla Ekadashi of Margashirsha Month in 3139 BCE.

The readers shall be able to enjoy the hair-raising experience of looking at the Kali Era conjunction in the morning of 19^th February 3102 BCE, heralding the beginning of Kaliyuga, as has been believed for thousands of years.

Most of the Excavated sites, having carbon dates of samples and artifacts around 3000 BCE, and associated with Harappan civilization, were actually located within the territories of kingdoms which participated in Mahabharat war.

Map having Geo co-ordinates of the kingdoms which fought during the Mahabharat war, along with GPS plotting of excavated Harappan sites located therein, would change your perception about ancient India’s history.

If Mahabharat war was fought in 3139 BCE, are we not supposed to conclude that the Harappan civilization was actually the Vedic civilization of Mahabharat era, which has been indigenously developing till date?

          

                                                                                     (Revised Edition)

                                                                                                                                    

Book Purchase Link - https://amzn.to/3PdtFT1

This book was launched on 20th March 2021 by Dr. Sonal Mansingh (Padma Vibhusan) MP and Dr. Suresh Prabhu MP - Watch the video

Also watch some snippets from the video recording of the book launch program-

Dr. Sonal Mansingh said: only divine blessings enable writing of book like Mahabharat Retold with Scientific Evidence -2021

 Dr. Suresh Prabhu appreciated the quality of research carried out by   Saroj Bala to prove the Historicity of Ramayan and Mahabharat Eras.   This has made Indians feel proud of our ancient heritage.

Watch the video - Saroj Bala explaining the Methodology adopted to determine scientifically the exact dates of Mahabharat War

Watch the video - Author explaining that Early & Mature Harappan sites were actually Vedic sites of Mahabharat era and displaying the map of Mahabharat kingdoms along with excavated sites located therein

Brochure giving overview of the contents of the book Mahabhart Retold with Scientific Evidence, launched on 20th March 2021

 

 

 

Concept of Yugas Re-examined: Interpretations and Clarifications

Concept of Yugas Re-examined: Interpretations and Clarifications

Description of Chaturyuga in Human years as well as in Divine years as per Manusmriti; 1/65-71 (Manusmriti, Desdhpandey) is summarized hereunder -  

Yuga	Main period	Sandhya + Sandhyansh	Total Length	Multiply by 360 as one divine yr = 360 human yrs
Krit-yuga	4000	400 + 400	4800yrs	17,28,000
Treta-yuga	3000	300 + 300	3600yrs	12,96,000
Dvapara-yuga	2000	200 + 200	2400yrs	8,64,000
Kali-yuga	1000	100 + 100	1200yrs	4,32,000
Total	10,000	2000	12,000 yrs	43,20,000 yrs.

 

            Many ancient as well modern scientists and scholars believe that originally Chaturyuga (Satyuga + Treta + Dwapar + Kaliyuga) was of 12000 human years only and that also in descending and ascending order with some more years in between. However, sometime in the remote past, it was misinterpreted as Chaturyuga of divine years. By taking one year of humans as equal to one day of gods (devas), these 12000 years were multiplied by 360 (180 days of northward movement + 180 days of the southward movement of the Sun). As a result, the Chaturyuga of human years was taken at 43,20,000 years (12000*360 = 43,20,000 years). What could be the justification for applying ‘divine year’ to the humans and that also by multiplying Human Chaturyuga of 12000 years with the number of days of the northward and southward movement of the Sun?

I looked into Manusmriti to find the answer. In verses 65, 67, 69-71 of Chapter 1 of Manusmriti, the description of Chaturyuga is as under – 

“65. The Sun divided the day and night of the devas (gods) and Men. The night is for the sleep of creatures, and the day is for the performance of works/duties.

67. One full year of men makes one day and one night of the gods. The northward movement of the Sun (Uttarayan) is their day, and Southward movement (Dakshinayan) is their night.

69. The KritaYuga (Satyuga) consists of four thousand years; four hundred such years form the Sandhya and four hundred such years form the Sandhyansh.

70. Of the remaining three yugas, the duration of each succeeding Yuga is less than those of its predecessor by one thousand; it's Sandhya and Sandhyansh, are respectively less by one hundred years each; thus making the difference of twelve hundred years.

71. Twelve thousand years of such four yugas, as computed before in their order of enumeration, count as one yuga of the devas, i.e. gods.

(Very similar verses are also available in chapters 11-13 of 3rd Skandh of Srimad Bhagvada Mahapurana)

The use of expression, ‘day and night of gods’ in 1/67, considering 180 days of Northward movement of the Sun as their day and 180 days of Southward  progression of the Sun as their night, in some remote past was probably interpreted in the manner that these 360 days make one day and night of gods. Therefore, 360 human years were considered as equal to one divine year of gods. Consequently, by multiplying these 12000 divine years of Chaturyuga with 360, the duration of Chaturyuga was taken as 43,20,000 human years.

 However, since the most ancient times, many scholars and scientists have disagreed with this interpretation.  Nevertheless it has been followed over the years without review/application of mind. More than 2500 years back eminent Sanskrit sage and scholar, Medhatithi had considered this an error and had put the duration of Chaturyuga at 12000 human years only. During the last sixty years, several scholars, sages and scientists have also held this view. JaggiVasdevJi, Swami Sri YukteswarGiri, PanditBhagwadduttSatyashrava, Shri K M Ganguli, Shri Richard Thompson and many others, have written books and articles and have delivered lectures explaining with credible justification this view of Yuga cycles.

 Therefore, a Chaturyuga may indeed comprise only of 12000 years.  Besides, there have to be descending and ascending cycles of Chaturyuga, with some more years in between. This takes us to the completion of the precession cycle by Earth in 25920 years, which is accepted by modern Astronomy! Even Glaciology supports this view and holds that this might be the seventh such Yuga cycle (seventh Manvantra?) going on.

 Hon’bleJaggiVasdevJi has explained the cycle of four Yugas saying, “The precession, caused by gradual rotation of the Earth’s axis, of the equinoxes is the time that it takes the Earth’s axis to pass through one complete cycle of the zodiac. It takes the planet 72 years to pass through one degree of the zodiac and 25,920 years to complete one full circle of 360 degrees. One half of the journey takes 12,960 years and covers the four Yugas. Satya Yuga lasts 5184 years. Treta Yuga lasts for 3888 years. Dwapara Yuga lasts 2592 years. Kali Yuga lasts 1296 years. These four yugas taken together come to a total of 12,960 years.” Descending and Ascending cycles of Chaturyugas complete a cycle of 25920 years. (Sadhguru 2003) SadhguruJaggiVasudev also relates these descending and ascending sequences of Chaturyugas to downward and upward movement of human consciousness. The good news is that he believes that currently, it is Dvapara Yuga and not Kali Yuga, and that also in its ascending phase. Hon’bleJaggiVasdevJi has explained this Yuga cycle connecting it with one complete cycle of precession of Equinoxes by way of the following image –

 

Pic. 56: Yuga cycle and precession of Equinoxes explained by JaggiVasudevJi

The solar system, with the Sun and the planets around it, is moving in the galaxy. It takes 25,920 years for our solar system to complete one cycle around a more massive star. Sadhguru has also explained that this big star/big system, around which our solar system is going, is not located in the centre of the orbit. Whenever, our solar system comes closer to this big star, all the creatures living on planet earth rise to greater possibilities. On the other hand when our system moves away from it, the creatures living in our system come to the lowest level of potential. Whenever our solar system is closer to the “Super Sun,” Satya Yuga will begin. The human mind will then be at its highest capability. People’s ability to know life, people’s ability to communicate, people’s ability to live joyfully will be at its highest.

 Swami Sri YukteswarGiri has explained the 12000 years of descending and 12000 years of ascending Chaturyuga cycles by correlating the precession of Equinox with the mental virtues of the inner world (The Holy Science). He has explained that the Sun also revolves around a grand centre called Vishnunabhi, which is the seat of creative power known as Brahma, the universal magnetism. When the Sun comes nearest to the Vishnunabhi, which event takes place when Autumnal Equinox comes to the first point in Aries, the mental virtues are the most developed; therefore, that would be Sat Yuga. When Sun goes to the farthest point, it is Kaliyuga. As per Sri YukteswarGiri, Autumnal Equinox was in the first point of Aries around 11501 BCE; thus, the human intellect was at its best at that time, and after that, it began to diminish. Therefore, by the end of descending Kali Yuga in around 499 CE (11501 – 12000), it was at its lowest. Thereafter, there were 1200 years of ascending Kali Yuga and currently it is Dwaparayuga going on.

 

The precession cycle of Vernal Equinox during last 25920 years

If we look at the principles of modern astronomy, these 12000 years of descending and ascending Chaturyuga cycles have to be replaced by 12960 years each. Twenty-four thousand years of Descending and Ascending Yuga cycles are to be replaced by 25920 years. The length of a year is to be taken of 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds, instead of 360 days. Sandhya or Sandhyansh are meant to give flexibility to the number of years falling under each Yuga. Some indefinite number of years pass in between the descending and ascending cycles of Kali Yuga.

Eminent Historian PanditBhagwadduttSatyashrava has recorded in his book titled ‘BharatvarshkaBrihadItihas’ that the Era of Lord Ram was in the Sandhi period of Treta and Dwapara and this could be around 5200 years before the beginning of VikramSamvat. He has also added that Shri Krishna was born towards the end of Dwapara whereas Kali Era started after his departure for the Heaven. This was around 3200 years before VikramSamvat, thus giving a gap of just about 2000 years between Ramayan and Mahabharat Eras. Shri Satyashrava had emphatically added that “Treta and Dwapara Eras certainly did not consist of lakhs of years” (Satyashrava 2000, 7^th chapter, page 163). Shri Satyashrava also expressed the opinion that in ancient Sanskrit wherever the word sahasrani has been added to the number of years it normally means approximately (BharatvarshkaBrihadItihas’ part 2, chapter 11, page 580. He has also given a very different explanation for the elucidation of the gap between descending and ascending cycle of Chaturyugas, which aims at explaining the meaning of Devyuga alias Divyayuga and also aims at reconciling cycle of 24000 years with 25920 years. He has referred to the extracts from the text of Ramayan and Mahabharat, wherein reference has been made to Devyuga prevailing prior to Krityuga. He has also said that there could be some extra years between Descending and Ascending cycles. It needs to be noted that the dating of astronomical references in Ramayan and Mahabharat, done by making use of planetarium softwares, has proved his assertions correct. The astronomical dates of Ramayan relate the Epic to 5100 BCE, whereas the astronomical dates of Mahabharat relate the events narrated therein to 3100 BCE; a time gap of 2000 years (Satyashrava 2000, 7^th chapter, shri Krishna was born in dwapar and kali kisandhi, page 163).

 It needs to be taken note of that in all these ancient time-reckoning calculations length of a year was taken as 360 days whereas actually, it is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds. This difference in the length of the year would also require adjustment in the span of Yugas. Further, if we accept the Chaturyuga cycle of 43,20,000 years, then are we prepared to declare that Kali Yuga consists of 4,32,000 years, of which 4,27,000 are still left? Are we able to explain what happened during those 9,27,000 years, which would be the time gap between the eras of Shri Ram, who is said to have lived in TretaYug, and of Shri Krishan, who lived at the end of Dwaparayuga?

 We, therefore, make a very humble request to the sages and scholars to review the traditional interpretation of Chaturyuga and bring back Ramayan and Mahabharat from the realm of mythology to the domain of history, to which they in reality belong. Only after that, we shall be able to make a rightful claim that India’s civilization is the oldest in the world during the current Holocene period and that Aryans were the originals of India who have been developing indigenous Vedic Civilization for thousands of years.

Aryabhata had determined the beginning of the Kali era on 19^th February, 3012 BCE (Aryabhatia; Gitikapada - 5 &Kalakriyapada – 10). He had written that 3600 years of Kali-era had elapsed when he completed writing the book at the age of 23.

 According to the Surya Sidhanta, Kali Yuga began at midnight (00:00) on 18^th February 3102 BCE. According to the astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata, the Kali Yuga started in 3102 BCE. He finished his book Aryabhattiyam in 499 CE, in which he gives the exact year of the beginning of Kali Yuga. He writes that he wrote the book in the "year 3600 of the Kali Age" at the age of 23. As it was the 3600th year of the Kali Age when he was 23 years old, and given that Aryabhata was born in 476 CE, the beginning of the Kali Yuga would come to (3600 - (476 + 23) + 1 (As only one year elapses between 1 BCE and 1 CE)) = 3102 BCE. (sarojbala.blogspot.in). According to Saha and Lahiri (1955), the beginning of the Kali era in 3102 BCE, is based on the assumption that the grand conjunction of the Sun, the Moon and other five planets was seen at the starting point of Aries. This grand conjunction has actually been displayed by modern-day Stellarium software on 18^th -19^th February 3101 BCE (3102 BCE historical year), thus confirming the traditional belief.

Delhi, India (28.70°N, 77.20°E). All seven planets at the entry point of Aries (Mesha) displaying Famous Kali Era Conjunction on 19^th February 3101 BCE at 7.20 AM  (Stellarium Sky shot); Astronomical date 19^th February 3101 and Historical date 19^th February 3102

It is therefore earnestly requested that our sages, scholars, and scientists make this much-needed correction in the concept of Chaturyuga cycles so that 12000 human years, described in our ancient texts, are not multiplied by 360 days of the northward and southward movement of the Sun. As a result, the length of the Chatur Yuga would not be taken as 43,20,000!