Impact of the ramayana and mahabharata in indian society
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Against the common belief, Mahabharata War took place over a large area spanning from the eastern India to most of the middle-east into Mesopotamia. Commonly understood as Kurukshetra, lands where the Kurus (and anti-Kurus) fought. The death-toll varied from few mollions to almost 6 billions of soldiers, commanders, kings and civilians. The participants ranged from Eastern China, Tibet, northern India, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and upto area short of nothern tips of west Asia. Hundreds of tribes, nationalities and races fought for their respective sides. As per the Epic, kings and soldiers from Siam (SE Asia), China, Tibet, Yavanas (Greek), Mllechchas (middle-east and European tribes), Rakshasas & Daityas (African tribes), etc, took part in the war for either of the two sides. In India only large part of Magadha and Nagaland, Manipur in east, had remained less affected since it took no part in the war. Tribes and kingdoms from southern India too came over to fight battles.
In short, this war had higher casualty rates as compared with any modern wars including the two World Wars. However, the war was what we saw during both World Wars which spread over all the continents.
Mahabharata War devastated the human race, destroyed their knowledge bases, factories, scientific research facilities, energy-bases, cultures and society; threw the Earth back almost to the Stone-age. Imagine, people had all the gadgets, vehicles, technologies, but no power or repair facilities, no satellite-feeds, no internet (may be they had then, since they also had celestial weapons and crafts).
The situation was akin to what the present-day Hollywood movies show in “post-apocalyptic scenarios “. Within few generations only stories remained which later-on became tales and fables. For example, lack of fuel forced people to making bullock-carts and charriots! The technologies vanished due to loss of learned men, scientists, experts, facilities and most importantly-power sources.
As mentioned in the Epic, world-destroying weapons were used by warriors like Arjuna, Karna, Bheeshma, Ghatotkacha (Bheema's son used bio-chemical weapons), Drona, Ashwatthama etc, they had effects like of the modern-day nuclear/thermo-nuclear/bio-chemical weapons!
After the end of Mahabharata War, there was utter lack of any knowledge of such technologies and weaponry, indicates that they were all used-up and finished during the course of the War.
The human civilisation and society suffered irreparably and couldn't restart any significant scientific developments for thousands of years.
As per the Vedic records, the war took place in 3138BC, exactly 5255 years ago from today. Well, 5000 years are good enough to completely forget what it was then at the time of Mahabharata War.
In short, this war had higher casualty rates as compared with any modern wars including the two World Wars. However, the war was what we saw during both World Wars which spread over all the continents.
Mahabharata War devastated the human race, destroyed their knowledge bases, factories, scientific research facilities, energy-bases, cultures and society; threw the Earth back almost to the Stone-age. Imagine, people had all the gadgets, vehicles, technologies, but no power or repair facilities, no satellite-feeds, no internet (may be they had then, since they also had celestial weapons and crafts).
The situation was akin to what the present-day Hollywood movies show in “post-apocalyptic scenarios “. Within few generations only stories remained which later-on became tales and fables. For example, lack of fuel forced people to making bullock-carts and charriots! The technologies vanished due to loss of learned men, scientists, experts, facilities and most importantly-power sources.
As mentioned in the Epic, world-destroying weapons were used by warriors like Arjuna, Karna, Bheeshma, Ghatotkacha (Bheema's son used bio-chemical weapons), Drona, Ashwatthama etc, they had effects like of the modern-day nuclear/thermo-nuclear/bio-chemical weapons!
After the end of Mahabharata War, there was utter lack of any knowledge of such technologies and weaponry, indicates that they were all used-up and finished during the course of the War.
The human civilisation and society suffered irreparably and couldn't restart any significant scientific developments for thousands of years.
As per the Vedic records, the war took place in 3138BC, exactly 5255 years ago from today. Well, 5000 years are good enough to completely forget what it was then at the time of Mahabharata War.
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