Studies in the Epics and Puranas c12.98

c12.98

(iv) The date of Kṛṣṇa need not detain us long. We have already seen that Kṛṣṇa was connected with the Pāṇḍavas, and lived during the period of the Bhārata war. Dhṛtarāṣṭra Vaicitravīrya, a prominent figure in the Mahābhārata story, is mentioned in the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā of the Yajurveda, so that Kṛṣṇa lived before the compilation of the Kāṭhaka Saṃhitā.⁵⁶ The great battle at Kurukṣetra is a historical fact; but there are conflicting traditions regarding the date of the battle.