* Can anyone tell me, how old is Ramayan. How long ago Ram - Ravan fought wars?
* My calculations say it is around 869,000 years old. I made this calculations based on the age of Ram-Setu as calculated by our archaeologists. Ram Setu is the Bridge from India to Sri Lanka made by Ram's soldiers during the war.
If we believe the carbon dating of our archaeologists, the history of mankind per our historians (= 5,000 years) is incorrect.
There are huge discrepancies of human history given by our scientists and historians. Western Historians cannot make up their minds it seems, how old is human civilization is anymore. They have been defying Indian History for the past 200-300 years in their books.
It seems that the plan to defy the Indian culture, society and civilization, by the British (Western Education) is finally falling apart due to its own shortcomings. They claimed that the human civilizations date back approximately around 5,000 years. Yet we find so many evidences rock paintings, pottery, handicrafts, monuments, diggings, scriptures and finally archaeological findings that defy their statements.
Per our Shastras and Vedic literature, the timeframe of each Yug is defined. Per their individual timeframes:
-- SATYA YUGA: the Golden Age lasts 1,728,000 years.
-- TRETA YUGA: the Silver Age lasts 1,296,000 years.
-- DVAPARA YUGA: the Bronze Age lasts 864,000 years.
-- KALI YUGA: the Iron Age of hypocrisy and quarrel lasts 432,000 years.
Lord Krishna appeared in His original, transcendental form right before the beginning of Kali Yuga. According to our history and Indian calculations, Geeta was preached by Krishna to Arjun 5,000 years back. This makes 5,000 + years back Krishna lived.
The Ramayan took place in the last few years of Treta Yuga. This makes the war atleast 5,000 + 864,000 = 869,000 + years old.