An Open Challenge to Historians The Missing 1381 Years in Indian Chronology Pathbreaking and intensive research based on epigraphic, archaeo-astronomical, and archaeological evidence has confirmed that modern historians have mistakenly followed wrong sheet anchors of chronology which led to the contraction of 1381 years of Indian chronological history. The epigraphic, literary, and traditional evidence conclusively establishes that Buddha attained nirvana in 1864 BCE not 483 BCE. You may doubt the findings of this research but he throws an “open challenge” to historians to prove these findings wrong and claim a monetary prize of one million US Dollars. Monetary Prize: One Million US Dollars (Rs.8,00,00,000/-) The 3-Point Debate: Modern historians have committed the following three monumental blunders in Indian chronological history. 1. The epigraphic evidence suggests that there were two epochs of the Śaka era and two epochs of the Vikrama era. The early Śaka era commenced in 583 BCE and the Malava-gana/Krita/early Vikrama era commenced in 719 BCE whereas the later astronomical Śaka era (Śakānta era) commenced in 78 CE and the later Vikrama era commenced in 57 BCE. Historians mistakenly assumed that the epoch of Śaka era commenced only in 78 CE and the epoch of the Vikrama era commenced in 57 BCE which led to an error of 661 years in the chronology of India. • The calendar of the epoch of the Śaka era (583 BCE) existed till the 15th century CE. An inscription of Hoysala King Ballāla is dated Śaka 1919 (1336 CE). The Nilavara inscription of Mallikārjuna is dated Śaka 1975 (1392 CE) and also the inscription found at the village of Bittaravalli, Belur taluka, Karnataka is dated in Śaka 2027 (1444 CE) [Śakavarṣāda 2027 neya Ānanda Saṁvatsara Bhādrapada śuddha padiva śukravāradandu]. Interestingly, the years 1919, 1975, and 2027 in the Śakānta or Śakakālātīta era (78 CE) will be the years 1997, 2053, and 2105. Evidently, the dates of these three inscriptions cannot be explained in the epoch of the Śakānta era (78 CE). 2. The epigraphic, archaeological, and literary evidence indicates that Buddha attained nirvana in 1864 BCE and not in 483 BCE. There is a chronological error of 1381 years in the dating of Buddha nirvana due to the mixing up of two different epochs of Śaka and Śakānta eras and the mistaken identification of Ujjain King Chandragupta, the disciple of Bhadrabahu as Magadha King Chandragupta Maurya. • Apart from this error of 661 years, later Jain historians inadvertently identified Ujjain King Chandragupta, a disciple of Bhadrabahu with the Maurya King Chandragupta which made Mahavira, a contemporary of Buddha. In reality, Buddha attained nirvana 675 years before the year of Mahavira nirvana. Puranas and the Burmese inscriptions clearly indicate that Buddha attained nirvana in 1864 BCE. Recent excavations at Lumbini and the radiocarbon samples collected from Trench C5 at the center of the Buddhist shrine at Lumbini indicate the earliest date of 1681 BCE. Thus, there is a chronological error of 1380 years in the dating of Buddha nirvana due to the mixing up of two different epochs of Saka and Sakanta eras and the mistaken identification of Chandragupta, the disciple of Bhadrabahu. The dating of Buddha nirvana in 1864 BCE also validates the traditional date of Adi Sankaracharya in the 6th century BCE. 3. The archaeo-astronomical study of the Venus Tablet of Babylon confirms that King Ammisaduqa of the Old Babylonian Empire reigned in 2473-2453 BCE. In fact, historians have reconciled the entire chronology of world history considering 1 AD as sheet anchor but the epoch of the Christian era (1 AD) is a fictitious astronomical epoch and not historical. Therefore, the date of the Venus Tablet should be the sheet anchor for arriving at the chronology of world history and for fixing the birth year of Jesus. • In fact, the eminent historians of the Western world have mistakenly assumed a fictitious epoch of the Christian era (1 CE) as the sheet anchor and reconciled the chronology of entire world history in contrast to the traditional chronology of ancient civilisations. Needless to say, it resulted in numerous irresolvable chronological problems. I would challenge world historians to arrive at the chronology from Hammurabi to Augustus without blindly presuming the date of Jesus’ birth in 1 CE. The archaeoastronomical evidence of the Venus Tablet can independently and accurately establish the date of King Ammisaduqa, the fifth successor of Hammurabi which would qualify to be the true sheet anchor of the chronology of ancient Western kingdoms. • Anno Domini and Anno Incarnation are not identical eras and the Diocletian era and the Martyrs’ era are also not identical eras. European historians have mistakenly mixed two different eras into one era.
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