9-BOOK REVIEW: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GITA: (part 3)
V.R.NARLA (1988) [229P] NARLA INSTITUTE OF NEW THOUGHT
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE GITA – A CLOSER LOOK AT HINDU SCRIPTURE: V.R.NARLA (INTRO BY) INNAIAH NARISETTI (2010) [230P] ISBN: 161641832 WWW.PROMETHEUSBOOKS.COM [1]
BOOK REVIEW: KAVNEET SINGH
Chapter 3 – Duel with Dates
_As if this confusion is not enough, some scholars do not accept the synchronism of the_ _Kurukshetra War and the beginning of the Kali age……….[Page 58]_
As mentioned by Narla various astronomers imposed their authority and arbitrarily set dates which are scientifically untenable._The very concept of the Kali Age is based not on reason but faith. Faith and fabrication_ _go together, just as reason and truth march together… [Page 59]_
All rationality has been thrown to the winds to fabricate the most absurd timeline called Kali Yug and many other ‘yugs. A real time and place is required to make something true otherwise it is simply a myth. Hundreds of scholars of all hues are still trying to rationalize something that is completely irrational akin to the Greek myths of yore.
Chapter 4 – Fear of Disillusionment
_Let us admit uncompromisingly that no Aryan culture has been isolated anywhere in_ _India as a material and recognizable phenomenon……[Page 61]_
Mortimer Wheeler a famous archeologist after much research could not find any evidence to show any great Aryan culture which can shed light on the wondrous Hindu epics at all.
Hundreds of other archeologists have tried their best to prove that these epics are real history but fall short on evidence leaving a big question mark on the validity of the same.
_What does all this show? It shows that the historicity of the Kurukshetra War is doubtful;_ _the long list of its participant kingdoms is doubtful; the extent and ferocity are doubtful;_ _indeed, everything about it is doubtful including the singing of the Song Celestial by_
_Krishna……..[Page 66]_
othing has been found with the help of carbon dating methodology so far! Even with the help of the