History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.749

v4.c63.t2.749

Mr. Velandi Gopala Aiyer in ‘The chronology of Ancient India’ in chap. II. (pp. 51–104) examines the astronomical data furnished by the Mahābhārata and relying on the far-fetched and wrong interpretation put by him on the words of the Bṛhatsaṁhitā (quoted above) and on the fact that the Kollam era in Malabar appears to take 1177 B. C. as the starting point for Kaliyuga arrives at the conclusion that the Mahābhārata war took place in the latter part of 1194 B. C. This theory goes against all the three other starting points which are supported by comparatively ancient and authoritative evidence.