Refutation of Nilesh Oak’s Astronomical Dating of Mahabharata to 5561 BCE
<p>The dating of the Mahābhārata war is of great interest to people of India and of Indian origin. The dating of the Mahābhārata war to 5561 BCE was originally proposed by Dr. P.V Vartak [1] and has recently been popularized by Mr. Nilesh N. Oak [2].</p>
<p>Mr. Nilesh N. Oak has claimed that Mahābhārata took place between 11091 BCE and 4508 BCE as this was the period when Arundhatī was ahead of Vasiṣṭha. Oak has named this period “The Epoch of Arundhatī” [3]. The basis of this claim is the following verse from the Mahābhārata:</p>
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