HWN Book Club Hosts Author of Yuganta

Moderator of the book club Sarika Jaswani under coaction of Ms. Veena Katdare – the president of VHPA Atlanta Chapter, welcomed the author on cybernetic stage bringing down the distance between two countries — India and United States of America at a pixelated level.

“Yuganta: The Advent of Kali Yuga” is Jeevan’s debut book and he has plans for more in future. He has presented papers at the conference on Puranas conducted by Indic Academy, been a guest speaker for IEEE Pune and authored many articles on a wide range of subjects for online portals and magazines.

Jeevan Rao is a young researcher, a writer, speaker, and an IT consultant. He holds a BE degree in Electrical Engineering. He writes extensively on forgotten, least discussed aspects of ancient Indian history. Jeevan aims to create awareness and understanding of the forgotten aspects of the Indian civilization in an easily comprehensible way through simple language and strong logical reasoning. He lives in Bengaluru, India.

The range of his research spans the dating of Adi Shankaracharya, re-identifying Vishwamitra star, finding the city Vatsyapura along the Indian meridian, finding Ravana’s Lanka, tracking the location of Jatayu’s fall, and many more.

Jeevan has dealt with the beginning of Kali Yuga unlike any other researcher of the past because he focuses his study primarily on the Mahabharata text rather than depending heavily on secondary sources. He has managed to extract more than one hundred pieces of evidence for Kali Yuga from Mahabharata and Puranas during his research. He has also analyzed the ancient texts of Surya Siddhanta and Aryabhata to substantiate his Mahabharata research findings.

Below are the projects worked/working on:

• Dating of Adi Shankaracharya
• Identification of Vatsyapura on Prime Meridian
• Kaliyuga: Mahabharata, Puranas, Surya Siddhanta, Aryabhata and Aihole inscription
• Identification of Star Vishwamitra
• Geography of Ramayana: Panchavati, Jatayu’s fall, Mahendra Parvat, Sampaathi, Ravana’s Lanka

Kali Yuga has been the sheet anchor for the reconstruction of Indian chronology, at least for the last 1500 years. The concept of Kali Yuga has been an integral part of the cultural ethos of the nation and has been invariably linked to the Mahabharata War. Therefore, knowing the beginning of Kali Yuga significantly affects the chronology of Indian history.

This book not only answers the questions about the beginning of Kali Yuga but goes a step further and highlights the implications the beginning of Kali Yuga has on the dating of the Mahabharata War. The contents of the book have the potential to change the way, we had understood the link between Kali Yuga and the Mahabharata War.

Using close to one hundred hitherto untapped pieces of evidence from the Mahabharata text, Jeevan Rao’s excellent book has dealt with the question of Kali Yuga beginning unlike any other research of the past. The book displays the beauty of the rich chronology and astronomy evidence of the Mahabharata text, which provides a stringent constraint for the beginning of Kali Yuga, when combined with the concepts of Indian Luni-Solar calendar.

This book encompasses a detailed Purva-Paksha on the concept of Yuga, Purva-Paksha on the Puranic traditions for Kali Yuga, along with the analysis of the extensive, diverse and robust internal evidence of the Mahabharata text and also the evaluation of various claims for the year of Mahabharata War, intended at tracing the “Advent of Kali Yuga” i.e. the exact beginning of the Kali Yuga.

Well-known author Nilesh Nilkanth Oak, who introduces himself as a seeker, researcher, author, and speaker says, “The book is written by a 23-year-old young Indian who began his research when he was merely 20 years old. The book is a quick read, engaging, crisp, and follows a logical path to its decisive conclusion. It is suitable for readers of all ages. It solves the dilemma of a few millenniums that has stagnated Indian chronology research yet serves as a reference book on the shelf of every serious researcher of Indian civilization. Read it. Gift it. Share and discuss the findings.”

The twenty-five odd and growing members of the HWN Book club asked questions related to the current book Yuganta on their reading list. The questions that classified existing under the blue sky ranging from — why we should read the book – Yuganta? And ending in how do we spread the word so more people may get interested in reading the book? Author Mr. Rao patiently responded to each question in the meeting that lasted for 90 minutes bridging the gap of night and day that lies between two countries.

Mr. Rao shared details about his upcoming research and work. The wordsmith hinted on release of his new book. He shared one of his articles published and ended the call with references of the books that inspired and stirred at his heartstrings. His counsel for the aspiring writers is to read and then read some more. The mature audience present hung on to the young author’s words mesmerized as he talked about CE and BCE times in our almost forgotten history. The call ended with thank you notes and great appreciation for each other.

The article and books shared by the author Mr. Jeevan Rao

https://myind.net/Home/viewArticle/the-eternal-resistance-of-somanath

-Aavarana by Bhyrappa

-Eternal shine of Somanath by K.M Munshi