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Some Evidences of Raam's Dates
(This information has been taken from US Brahmins Group, Nov 15, 2010, by Krishnan]
As this studies are conducted at time to time, and various results are found, it is not necessary that all this information is true.

The story of Shree Raam's life was first narrated by Maharshi Vaalmeeki in the Raamaayan, which was written after Shree Raam was crowned as the King of Ayodhyaa. Vaalmeeki Jee was a great astronomer as he has made sequential astronomical references on important dates related to the life of Shree Raam indicating the location of planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and the other stars (Nakshatra) . Needless to add that similar position of planets and Nakshatra is not repeated in thousands of years. By entering the precise details of the planetary configuration of the important events in the life of Shri Raam as given in the Vaalmeeki Raamaayan in the software named "Planetarium" corresponding exact dates of these events according to the English calendar can be known.

Mr Pushkar Bhatnagar of the Indian Revenue Service had acquired this software from the US. It is used to predict the > solar and lunar eclipses and distance and location of other planets from earth. He entered the relevant details about the planetary positions narrated by Vaalmeeki and obtained very interesting and convincing results, which almost determine the important dates starting from the birth of Shree Raam to the date of his coming back to Ayodhyaa after 14 years of exile.

Birth of Raam
Vaalmeeki Jee has recorded in Baal Kaand, Sarga 19,  Shlok 8-9 (1/18/8-9) that Shree Raam was born on ninth Tithi of Chaitra month when the position of different planets vis-a-vis zodiac constellations and Nakshatra (visible stars) were: (1) Sun in Aries; (2) Saturn in Libra; (3) Jupiter in Cancer; (4) Venus in Pisces; (5) Mars in Capricorn; (6) Lunar month of Chaitra; (7) Ninth day after no moon (Amaavasyaa); (8) Lagna as Cancer (cancer was rising in the east); (10) Moon on the Punarvasu (Gemini constellation and Pllux star); (10) Day time (around noon).

This data was fed into the software. The results indicated that this was exactly the location of planets and stars in the noon of January 10, 5114 BC. Thus Shree Raam was born on January 10, 5114 BC (7121 years back). As per the Indian calendar it was the 9th day of Shukla Paksh in Chaitra month and the time was around 12 to 1 noontime. This is exactly the time and date when Raam Navamee is celebrated all over India.

Shri Raam was born in Ayodhyaa. This fact can be ascertained from several books written by Indian and foreign authors before and after the birth of Christ - Vaalmeeki Raamaayan, Tulasee Raamaayan, Kaalidaas' Raghuvansham, Bauddh and Jain literature, etc. These books have narrated in great detail the location, rich architecture and beauty of Ayodhyaa which had many palaces and temples built all over the kingdom. Ayodhyaa was located on the banks of the Sarayoo river with Gangaa and Paanchaal Pradesh on one side and Mithilaa on the other side.

Raam Goes With Vishwaamitra
Normally 7,000 years is a very long period during which earthquakes, storms, floods and foreign invasions can change the course of rivers, destroy the towns and buildings and alter the territories. Therefore, the task of unearthing the facts is monumental. The present Ayodhyaa has shrunk in size and the rivers have changed their course about 40 km North or South. Shree Raam went out of Ayodhyaa in his childhood (13th year as per Vaalmeeki Raamaayan) with Rishi Vishwaamitra Jee who lived in Tapovan (Siddh Aashram). From there he went to Mithilaa, King Janak's kingdom. Here he married Seetaa after breaking the Shiv Dhanush. Researchers have gone along the route adopted by Shree Raam as narrated in the Vaalmeeki Raamaayan and found 23 places which have memorials that commemorate the events related to the life of Shree Raam. These include Shringee Aashram, Raam Ghaat, Taadakaa Van, Siddh Aashram, Gautam Aashram, Janak Pur (now in Nepaal), Seetaa Kund, etc. Memorials are built for great men and not for fictitious characters.

Date of Exile of Shri Raam:
It is mentioned in Vaalmeeiki Raamaayan's Ayodhyaa Kaand (2/4/18) that Dasharath wanted to make Shree Raam the King because Sun, Mars and Raahu had surrounded his Nakshatra and normally under such planetary configuration the King dies or becomes a victim of conspiracies. Dasharath's zodiac sign was Pisces and his Nakshatra was Revatee. This planetary configuration was prevailing on the January 5, 5089 BC, and it was on this day that Shree Raam left Ayodhyaa for 14 years of exile. Thus, he was 25 years old at that time (5114-5089). There are several Shlok in Vaalmeeki Raamaayan which indicate that Shree Raam was 25-years-old when he left Ayodhyaa for exile.

Date of War With Khar and Dooshan
Vaalmeeki Raamaayan refers to the solar eclipse at the time of war with Khar Dooshan in later half of 13th year of Shree Ram's exile. It is also mentioned that it was Amavasyaa day and Mars was in the middle. When this data was entered, the software indicated that there was a solar eclipse on October 7, 5077 BC, (Amaavasyaa day) which  could be seen from Panchvatee. The planetary configuration was also the same - Mars was in the middle, on one side were Venus and Mercury and on the other side were Sun and Saturn. On the basis of planetary configurations described in various other chapters, the date on which Raavan was killed works out to be December 4, 5076 BC, and Shree Raam had completed 14 years of exile on January 2, 5075 BC, and that day was also Navamee of Shukla Paksh in Chaitra month. Thus Shree Raam had come back to Ayodhyaa at the age of 39 (5114-5075).

We have never heard Chaitra Maas in as early as the first week of January; although this date might coincide with the date of going to exile - 5th January, as being 14 years completed on 2nd January.

A colleague, Dr Raam Avtar, researched on places visited by Shri Raam during his exile, and sequentially moved to the places stated as visited by Shree Raam in the Vaalmeeki Raamaayan, starting from Ayodhyaa he went right up to Raameshwaram. He found 195 places which still have the memorials connected to the events narrated in the Raamaayan relating to the life of Shree Raam and Seetaa. These include Tamasaa Taal (Mandah), Shringverpur (Singraur), Bharadwaaj Aashram (situated near Allaahaabaad), Atri Aashram, Maarkandaya Aashram (Maarkundi), Chitrakoot, Pamakuti (on banks of Godaavaree), Panchvatee, Seetaa Sarovar, Raam Kund in Tryambakeshwar near Naasik, Shabaree Aashram, Kishkindhaa (village Annagorai), Dhanushkoti and Rameshwaram temple.

Bridge Built by Raam
In Vaalmeeki Raamaayan it is mentioned that Shree Raam's army constructed a bridge over the sea between Raameshwaram and Lankaa. After crossing this bridge, Shree Raam's army had defeated Raavan. Recently, NASA put pictures on the Internet of a man-made bridge, the ruins of which are lying submerged in Palk Strait between Raameshwaram and Shree Lankaa. Recently the Shree Lankan Government had expressed the desire to develop Seetaa Vaatikaa as a tourist spot. Shree Lankans believe this was Ashok Vaatikaa where Raavan had kept Seetaa as a prisoner (in 5076 BC).

Ancestors of Shree Raam
Indian history has recorded that Shree Raam belonged to the Soorya Vansh and He was the 64th ruler of this dynasty. The names and other relevant particulars of previous 63 kings are listed in "Ayodhyaa Kaa Itihaas" written about 80 years ago by Rai Bahadur Sita Raam. Professor Subhash Kak of Lousiana University, in his book, "The Astronomical Code of the Rig Ved", has also listed 63 ancestors of Shree Raam who ruled over Ayodhyaa. Shree Raam's ancestors have been traced out as: Shri Raam, King Dasharath, King Aja, King Raghu, King Dileep and so on.

From Kashmeer to Kanyaa Kumaaree and from Bangaal to Gujaraat, everywhere people believe in the reality of Shree Raam's existence, particularly in the tribal areas of Himaachal, Raajasthaan, Madhya Pradesh and the North-East. Most of the festivals celebrated in these areas revolve around the events in the life of Shree Raam and Shree Krishn.

The events and places related to the life of Shree Raam and Seetaa are true cultural and social heritage of every Indian irrespective of caste and creed. Therefore, it is common heritage. After all, Shree Raam belonged to the period when Prophet Mohammed or Jesus Christ were not born and Muslim or Christian faiths were unknown to the world. The words Hindu (resident of Hindustaan) and Indian (resident of India) were synonymous. India was also known as Bhaarat (land of knowledge) and Aryavarta (where Aryans live) and Hindustaan (land of "Hindu's" - derived from word Indus).

Caste System in India
During Raam Raajya, the evils of caste system based on birth were non-existent. In fact, Maharshi Vaalmeeki is stated to be of Shoodra class (scheduled caste), still Seetaa lived with him as his adopted daughter after she was banished from Ayodhyaa. Lav and Kush grew in his Aashram as his disciples. We need to be proud of the fact that Vaalmeeki was perhaps the first great astronomer and that his study of planetary configurations has stood the test of times. Even the latest computer software have corroborated his astronomical calculations, which proves that he did not commit any error.

Note
Evils of caste system might have been non-existent, but caste system was certainly there - Guh Nishaad, Shabaree, and the laundryman are the examples found from those days. There is one example more of cast system in Uttar Kaand/29  - after Raam became the King, a Braahman comes to Raam with the dead body of his 5-year old son that why should his son die? Raam finds a Shoodra doing Tap in His kingdom, and he kills him immediately.

Shabaree is stated to be belonging to the Bheel tribe. Shree Raam's army, which succeed in defeating Raavan, was formed by various tribe from Central and South India. The facts, events and all other details relating to the life of Shree Raam are the common heritage of all the Indians including scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, Muslims, Christians, etc. Prophet Mohammad was born only 1,400 years ago. Jesus Christ was born only 2,000 years back. Gautam Buddha was born 2,600 years back, whereas Raam was born 7,000 years back. Hence, discovering the details relating to Shree Raam's life would be lot more difficult as destruction caused by floods, earthquakes and invasions etc., would be far greater. But, should that stop our quest for learning more about our cultural heritage?

Dating Indian Civilization
As Indians, let us all take pride in the fact that the Indian civilization is the most ancient civilization today. It is certainly more than 10,000 years old. (see the note below) Therefore, let us reject the story of Aaryan invasion in India in 1,500 BC as motivated implantation. In fact Max Mueller, who was the creator of this theory had himself rejected it. Let us admit that during the British Rule, we were educated in the schools based on Macaulay school of thinking which believed that everything Indian was inferior and that entire "Indian literature was not worth even one book rack in England". If there were similarities in certain features of Indian people and people from Central Europe, then automatic inference drawn was that the Aaryans coming from Europe invaded India and settled here. No one dared of thinking in any other way. Therefore, there is the urgency for the historians and all other intellectuals to stop reducing Indian history to myth. There is need to gather, dig out, search, unearth and analyze all the evidences, which would throw more light on ancient Indian civilization and culture.

This man is saying that Indian civilization is more than 10,000 years old - and there . I think he has forgotten a few dates written only in Vaalmeeki Raamaayan --
(1) When Raam was born, Dasharath was 60,000 years old
(2) Raam had come back to Ayodhyaa when He was about 40 years old (exactly at the age of 39 years of age.
At 13 years - went to Vishwaamitra's Aashram, and since he took Raam ad Lakshman only for 10 days, He was married also at the same age - while V-Raamaayan says that Raam was 16 years old and Seetaa was 6 years old when they were married)
They lived 13 years in Ayodhaa after their marriage
They lived 14 years in exile
Thus Raam was about 39-43 years of age - depending up on what age He went with Vishwaamitra's Aashram

And after this a few years passed - later after Seetaa Ram ruled for 10,000 years.
SO WHERE ARE THESE YEARS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION?
Besides this man has accepted the fact that 63 kings had already ruled before Him.
STILL HE SAYS THAT INDIAN HISTORY IS ONLY MORE THAN 10,000 YEARS OLD? Ridiculous.
See also  Raam's Age

There is a need for the print and the electronic media to take note of these facts and create atmosphere which would motivate our young and educated youth to carry out research and unearth true facts about the ancient Indian civilization and wisdom and would also encourage them to put across the results of their research before the people fearlessly and with a sense of pride.

We all know about Yug of 5 years, 12 years, 19 years, 1,000 years, 2,700 years, 12,000 years in addition to 4,320,000 years of Soorya Siddhaant. But there is deliberate error by assuming all Yug of largest size only. There are unique indicators of birth date of Raam - 24th Tretaa Yug, Prabhav Samvatsar in both systems of Pitaamaha and Soorya Siddhaant, 9 generations after Parashurama, 35 generations before Brihadbal killed in Mahaabhaarat war - and there is planetary position in Vaalmeeki Raamaayan at birth time. Merely eclipses (in cycles of 18 years 10.5 days) or positions of Saturn-Jupiter will not calculate old dates - these repeat after 60 years. But long term Yug indicators uniquely determine date of birth as 11-2-4433 BC (Prabhav Samvatsar, 24th Tretaa Yug, Sunday).