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Open Forum
Building a civilisational history
By Arabinda Ghose
Discovering the date of birth of Lord Rama again nullifies Aryan Invasion Theory and pushes back India?s civilisational history by several millennia.
Finding out the precise date of birth of Lord Rama (Organiser, 5-2-2006) as January 10, 5114 BC by Shri Pushkar Bhatnagar of Delhi, and publishing it with all data consulted by him in the form of a book Dating the Era of Lord Ram (the author prefers this spelling over the conventional Rama) has several implications, one of which is the total demolition of Max Mueller?s hypothesis of the Aryan Invasion Theory and of the date of the Vedas, arbitrarily, it appears, fixed by him at around 1500 BC.
But first let us describe how Shri Bhatnagar came to the conclusion of the date of birth of Lord Rama. It is at once both simple and highly complex procedure he adopted. He got help, from Sage Valmiki, who wrote his Ramayana as he watched the birth and all events of the Lord?s life himself. This is not true of Tulsi Ramayana because the author wrote his book several thousand years after the end of the Ikshaku dynasty to which Lord Rama belonged.
Besides, and this is most vital, Valmiki on many occasions pertaining to the life of Lord Rama had given accurate astronomical details at the times of the happenings. These astronomical details enabled Shri Bhatnagar to come to the conclusion about the precise date of birth of the Lord. Let us see how.
?It has been recorded (By Valmiki)? says Shri Bhatnagar,? at 1/18/8, 9 (Baal Kand, 18th Sarga, 8th and 9th shlokas) that Prince Ram was born on the Navami Tithi of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month (ninth day of the increasing phase of the moon in the lunar month of Chaitra). At that time, the Nakshatra was Punarvasu and Sun, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter and Venus were in Aries, Capricorn, Libra, Cancer and Pisces respectively. Lagna was Cancer and Jupiter and moon were shining together.?
For the sake of clarity, Shri Bhatnagar summarised the astronomical configurations in the following manner:
He got help from Sage Valmiki, who wrote his Ramayana as he watched the birth and all events of the Lord?s life himself. This is not true of Tulsi Ramayana because the author wrote his book several thousand years after the end of the Ikshaku dynasty to which Lord Rama belonged.
1.The Sun in the Aries (Mesha raashi); 2. Saturn in Libra (Shani in Tula raashi); 3. Jupiter in Cancer (Vrihaspati in Karka raashi); 4. Venus in Pisces (Shukra in Meen raashi); 5. Mars in Capricorn (Mangal in Makar raashi); 6. Lunar month of Chaitra; 7. Nine days after no moon (Navami Tithi, Shukla Paksha); 8. Moon near Punarvasu Nakshatra, i.e. Pollux Star in Gemini, (Mithun raashi); 9. Cancer as Lagna, i.e. Karka raashi rising in the east; and 10. Jupiter above the horizon.
Hereinafter, it would be better to quote Shri Bhatnagar in full and that is what this scribe would attempt. Thus, it is said, although at present the Star Alpha Ursa Majoris (Dhruva Tara) appears very near the north pole, 14,000 years later, it will the Star Alpha Lyrae (Abhijit) which will be the star that will occupy this position as seen from the earth. This phenomenon is called the precision of the equinoxes (Purassaran in Hindi). Now, on with Shri Bhatnagar?s narration:
?Using the software (the one called Planetarium Gold he procured from the USA) the date when the five main planets were seen in the stated positions would be ascertained first. Thereafter, the conditions regarding the dates, phases of the moon and the lunar months would also be matched with the description given in the Ramayana. The methodology employed in this regard and the important intermediate dates have been discussed and illustrated in the following paragraphs. This will help in two ways firstly the reader will get the benefit of understanding and appreciating the process involved; and secondly, and more importantly, it will demonstrate the uniqueness of the planetary configuration being explored.
?The basic principle to follow in this regard would be to attempt to bringing the slowest moving planet in the described position first. The Sun is the slowest moving planet (for the sake of convenience only the Sun is described as a planet here; everyone knows that it is not a planet-Ghose) in the sky as was described while discussing the precession cycle (in another context-Ghose). After the Sun, Saturn is the next slowest planet completing the cycle in about 30 years followed by Jupiter which completes the round of the ecliptic in about 12 years and so on (ecliptic is the imaginary circle drawn across the sky along which the Sun apparently moves in 365.24 days. The moon and all the planets as also the 12 raashis also can be found on either side of this imaginary circle.-Ghose).?
His first observation is that the sun was in Aries. At present (AD 2004), the Sun remains in Aries from about April 19 to May 13. The software shows that in AD 1, the sun remained in the to Aries from March 23 to April 15. The shift in the position of the Sun by about 25 days is illustrative of its movement due to precession since there is a gap of about 2000 years before AD 2004 and AD 1. Therefore, keeping the dates between March 23 and April 15, which would ensure that the Sun remains within the boundaries of Aries, the position of the other planets would be examined in AD 1.
?Maharshi Valmiki stated that Saturn was in Libra and Jupiter was in Cancer. The software shows that in the year AD 1, between March 23 and April 15, Saturn was in Gemini. Since Saturn moves across one zodiac (raashi) in about two and a half years, two years before AD 1, in 2 BC it was located in Taurus (Vrisha raashi). Moving backwards in this manner, it is noted that in 18 BC, Saturn was located in Libra (Tula raashi). Therefore, between March 23 and April 15 in the year 18 BC, two conditions prescribed by Maharshi Valmiki were fulfilled-the Sun was in Aries and Saturn was in Libra.
?However, the software shows that in 18 BC. Jupiter was located in Pisces. The description in the Ramayana states that not only was the Sun in Aries and Saturn in Libra, Jupiter was also in Cancer. We now move backwards at the interval; of about 30 years, because every 30 years Saturn would be in Libra and then attempt to find the year in which Jupiter was seen in Cancer. Between March 23 and April 15 in the year 48 BC Saturn remains in Libra, but Jupiter is located in Leo (Simha raashi).
During the same period in 78 BC Jupiter was seen in Aquarius (Kumbha raashi). In the year 108 BC Saturn appears to be located outside Libra constellation because it completes one revolution in a little less than 30 years, while we are following an interval of exactly 30 years. Hence an adjustment of one year brings back Saturn in Libra in 107 BC. Having brought Saturn back in Libra, let us see where Jupiter is located.
?The software shows that in 107 BC Jupiter was located between Virgo (Kanya raashi) and Leo. In 137 BC Jupiter was seen in Aquarius. In 167 BC during the above-mentioned dates, Jupiter was located in Virgo. In 196 BC Jupiter was again in Pisces. Going backwards in this manner and making suitable adjustments in the dates in order to keep the Sun in Aries and Saturn in Libra, the software shows that in the year 666 BC the Sun, Saturn and Jupiter were located in the positions mentioned in the Ramayana on the date of birth of Lord Rama.?
Here is the last stage of the arguments: ?The software displays? in the year 5114 BC all the five visible planets, surprisingly and convincingly, move into the positions described by Maharshi Valmiki. Are we nearing the destination? Since the software displays that all five planets were in the desired positions in early January of 5114 BC, it is again crucial to ascertain the precise date of Navami of Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month that year and examine the planetary position on that day.
?The first step is to ascertain the end of Chaitra month. The software shows that a full moon occurred on January 16, 5114 BC and on this day, thus marking the end of the Chaitra month. The moon was near the Chitra Nakshatra. (star Spica) thus marking the end of Chaitra month?
?If January 16 was a full moon day, the Navami of the increasing phase of the moon would be on January 10, 5114 BC (7th day before full moon day). Let us generate the sky view for the January 10, 5114 BC at 12.30 p.m. with the help of the software and examine the results. Yes! All the five planets were in place. The Sun was seen in Aries, Jupiter in Cancer along with the Moon, Venus and Pisces, Saturn in Libra, Mars in Capricorn. The place of observation has been kept at Ayodhya providing the corresponding latitude and longitude.?
Shri Bhatnagar has provided well-produced slides from the software depicting the sky on January 10, 5114. Three slides, Nos. 17, 18 and 19 prove his theory without any doubt at all since they conform to the descriptions recorded by Maharshi Valmiki in his Ramayana.
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