[Advaita-l] ***UNCHECKED*** Re: On evidence for and against Yugas of Indian chronology

[D.V.N.Sarma డి.వి.ఎన్.శర్మ]

>From Wikipedia.

"The carbon-14 dating limit lies around 58,000 to 62,000 years."

regards,
Sarma.

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 1:19 PM, Venkatesh Murthy via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Namaste
>
> Carbon dating is used for samples not more than 50000 years old. This is
> the restriction of the method. If there is something more than 50000 years
> old we cannot prove it is less than 50000 years using this.
>
> On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
>
> > Namaste Rajesh ji and Sujal ji
> > Thank you for your inputs
> > Rajesh ji,
> > Its not a question of their system versus our system, rather its about
> > having the patience to read through the arguments against the yugas etc.,
> > as historical realities and strengthening our dharma. If you notice
> > bhAShyakara does advance arguments against the Buddhists on logical
> grounds
> > alone without merely saying 'our shruti invalidates Buddhist ideas'. Just
> > saying that shruti is supreme is ineffectual.  Different pramANas like
> > shruti (and it's allies) and anumAna may appear to clash,  in which case
> we
> > have to put in sone efforts to either show the fallacies in the anumAna
> or
> > we reinterpret shruti without losing its key points.
> >
> > Moreover when the dominant consensus  amongst large sections of thinkers
> > and scientists is presenting a pUrvapakSha against the itihAsas, atleast
> a
> > few of the Astikas can try and show the problems with these pUrvapakShas.
> >
> > Another related issue , (on a diffetent note)
> > Take the idea of the time period of the yugas. I have not read but been
> > told that Sri Yukteswar Giri held the kali yuga to be 600 years and the
> > other yugas being multiples thereof in the usual way. Now this scheme was
> > endorsed by Sri Swami Dayananda Saraswati ji, a  traditional teacher of
> > Vedanta who said on more than one occasion that the current Yuga is
> Dwapara
> > yuga. ( He offered two reasons if I recollect, viz.,  the developments in
> > science and another reason being (this is my recollection) that atleast a
> > small significant section of people are able to worship as per Hindu
> > traditions and peacefully study vedanta etc., without religious
> persecution
> > unlike in the medieval ages. So things are better now than during say
> > Aurangzeb's time ) The above view represents a debate or discussion
> within
> > the tradition regarding the itihasa chronology. I wanted to ask if the
> > above book of Sri Yukteswar Giri has been read by anyone here.
> >
> > Om
> > Raghav
> >
> >
> > On 09-Nov-2017 7:53 PM, "Rajesh Benjwal" <rbenjwal at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Namaste,
> > >
> > > They should think how to defend their fossil dating method as our
> > > scripture yuga information invalidate it. They should improve their
> > system.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 10:06 PM, Raghav Kumar Dwivedula via Advaita-l <
> > > advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> For many traditionalists the chronology of Yugas having the order of
> > >> hundreds of thousands of years where there were human beings living on
> > >> this
> > >> planet earth, is taken for granted.
> > >>
> > >> But there is a counter argument that the fossil records don't support
> > such
> > >> as possibility.  I wanted to know the fallacies in this such a fossil
> > >> record based argument against the possibility of Yugas. This is no
> > doubt a
> > >> bit off topic with respect to Advaita Vedanta per se but i am hoping
> > some
> > >> learned members would know about ideas to defend the concept of Yugas
> > >> given
> > >> the so-called evidence from fossil records which is claimed to
> > invalidate
> > >> even the possibility of Yugas.
> > >>
> > >> thank you
> > >> Om
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> > >> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
> > >>
> > >> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> > >> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
> > >>
> > >> For assistance, contact:
> > >> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > *Rajesh Benjwal*
> > >
> > >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> > http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
> >
> > To unsubscribe or change your options:
> > http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
> >
> > For assistance, contact:
> > listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
> _______________________________________________
> Archives: http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/archives/advaita-l/
> http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.culture.religion.advaita
>
> To unsubscribe or change your options:
> http://lists.advaita-vedanta.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/advaita-l
>
> For assistance, contact:
> listmaster at advaita-vedanta.org
>