The Historic Rama: Indian Civilization at the End of Pleistocene

311 Pages·2014·4.51 MB·English

by  Nilesh Nilkanth Oak

The Historic Rama

Indian civilization at the end of Pleistocene

Nilesh Nilkanth Oak
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ISBN-13: 978-1494949464

ISBN-10: 1494949466

T O,

Dr. Padmakar Vishnu Vartak
Praise for
‘When did the Mahabharata War happen? The Mystery of Arundhati’

You have done a great job. I requested astronomers to consi der if Arundhati had gone ahead of Vasisth in
1971, when I published 'Swayambhu' . But nobody cared. You are the first to do the great job!
- Dr. P V Vartak (Author of 'Swayambhu' & 'Wastav Ramayana')

Grueling and unfaltering logic

I have to thank you for being the cause for a quantum leap in my own knowledge of general astronomy as
well as Hindu astronomy calendrical systems over a very short span of time. In some ways the effect of your
book has some parallels with Rajiv Malhotra's 'Being Different', though in a very different context. RM
never intended his book as a primer on Dharma Hinduism - but nevertheless it introduced many aspects of
Dharma in a light which would be new even to a practitioner. Similarly, even though I am sure you never
intended your book to act as an exploration of key astronomical principles and Vedic astronomy - that has
definitely been a key side benefit, at least from my perspective.

I have verified Nilesh Oak’s elimination of "errors". A bow. Excellent.

It is interesting how all Indologists the world over talk about linguistics and horse, but never mentions
archaeoastronomy! Perhaps the focus of the national and international debate on Aryan Invasion/Migration
Theory needs to change.

Your rigorous methodology was simply a pleasure to read and that got me started off on my efforts to
dabble in archeoastronomy. Please accept my best compliments on such a wonderful book.

"Indology" has been populated by linguists and my respect for their work has gone down by
several notches when I look at the shoddy assumptions many are prone to make. Science and rigor the way
Nilesh Oak has used seems to be unknown to these Indologists. I bet that not one of those horse bone
chewers can understand what Archeoastronomy means. Their awareness extends to looking at Archeo-asses
and saying it was not Equus caballus.

I do not want to sound obsequious, but the work you have done is nothing less than tremendous. Thank you,
and keep it up.
I am simply ' natmastak ' to Shri Oak for the amazing piece of deductive reasoning applied by him in
interpreting the 'Arundhati is leading Vasistha' remark. I think Shri Oak is not only on sound footing but
also has clearly exhibited every ' lakshan ' of a true seeker of knowledge in the finest Indian traditions. I
cannot recall if he mentioned whether anybody else (other than him) thought of the EOA approach. If he is
the first one, he deserves billions of thanks from all the Bharatiyas in the last 7000+ years. Oak saheb,
aamcha maanacha mujra sweekar karava hee vinanti .
It is absolutely fantastic! I loved the way Nilesh presents the cases - as experiments and problems! He did
his work a lot of justice by opting for this format. The Mahabharata War did not take place anytime after
4380 BC" is really one of the biggest achievements of his work! That is the road block that needs to
be placed before all those writing anything on history, especially Westerners and their lackeys doing so in
India. Anybody from now on opening his mouth to refute Indian Antiquity needs to be asked, "So
how do you explain Arundhati walking in front of Vashishta"?" I presume they too would be
scratching their heads at least as long as Nilesh did, 15 years, before the solution to the mystery hit him!
CONTENTS

For My Fans

Acknowledgments

8
Introduction
1 The Problem 13
2 Theory, Conjectures & Background assumptions 23
3 Ramayana before Mahabharata 30
4 Indian Calendar 38
5 Path of the Pole 47
6 Epoch of Ramayana 5 5
7 Ramayana Millennium 6 2
8 The day Rama left for the Forest 7 3
9 Rama-Sita Wedding 8 3
10 Ayodhya to Chitrakuta 9 3
11 Panchavati to Kishkindha 9 9
12 In Kishkindha 10 7
13 Searching for Sita in the South 11 2
14 Hanuman in Lanka 121
15 Kishkindha to Lanka 129
16 The War & Rama’s return to Ayodhya 137
17 Conflicting Observations 150
18 Theory & Proposal of P V Vartak 168
19 Theory & Proposal of Pushkar Bhatnagar 188
20 Theories and Proposals of SRS & Yardi 200
21 Ramayana Diary 207
22 A Better Theory 218
23 Implications, Predictions & New Problems 230
Appendix-A 239

Appendix - B 247

Selected Bibliography 251

Ramayana References 252

About the Author 279
FOR MY FANS

By definition, you would have already read ‘ When did the Mahabharata War
happen? The Mystery of Arundhati (2011)’, ‘Ancient Indian History’ blog,
watched few of my YouTube videos or attended my talks.
If not, at a minimum, you need to get hold of my first book and read it, along
with this book,just to qualify .
Many Will Enter, Few Will Swim
Writers are like baby turtles (or like tadpoles). Hundreds of them hatch, but only
a handful of them survive the trip from the sand dunes into the sea. I have
worked hard to get this far, but I am also keenly aware that my fans buying
books, then reading them and discussing them with the curious and the
likeminded, and then telling their friends to buy them too that is what keeps me
in this business.
Without your support and encouragement, there would be no ‘The Hi storic
Rama’. Thank you all.
Special Thanks
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me in varied capacity, and have gone out of way to assist me in ways
unimaginable. In spite of such support, they prefer that I not mention their
names. Thank you all.