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<strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong>: <strong>What</strong> <strong>Really</strong> Happened <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> – M. M. N<strong>in</strong>an<br />

Time l<strong>in</strong>e of Puranas<br />

Vishnu Purana (4th C.)<br />

Brahmanda Purana (4th C.)<br />

Vayu Purana (5th C.)<br />

Bhagvata Purana (6/7th C.)<br />

Kurma Purana (7th C.)<br />

Agni Purana (8th C.)<br />

Narada Purana (10th C.) )<br />

Brahma Purana (10 th C)<br />

Garuda Purana (10th C.)<br />

Skanda Purana (11/12th C.)<br />

Padma Purana (12/15th C.)<br />

Vishnu Dharmottara Purana<br />

Narasimha Purana<br />

Vahni Purana<br />

Shiva Mahapurana<br />

Devi Bhagvata Mahapurana<br />

Brihaddharmapurana<br />

http://www.hvk.org/specialrepo/rjm/ch2.html<br />

The profound H<strong>in</strong>du Philosophical and religious systems that we see<br />

today are found only <strong>in</strong> Upanishads and later developments and these<br />

came <strong>in</strong>to existence only dur<strong>in</strong>g the Post Christian Era. These were all<br />

written <strong>in</strong> Sanskrit. <strong>What</strong> it amounts to is that the exaggerated claims of<br />

the Vedic orig<strong>in</strong>s of <strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong> are unfounded. <strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong> as presented<br />

today by the modern H<strong>in</strong>dus is a product of a period much later than at<br />

least 100 AD simply because Sanskrit, the heavenly language came <strong>in</strong>to<br />

existence only after that period.<br />

This evidently puts new and sharp change <strong>in</strong> the way we look at<br />

<strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong>. We have been heavily fooled by the proponents<br />

Thus apart from portions of the Veda which were not written <strong>in</strong> Sanskrit,<br />

all other Vedas, Upanishads, Puranas etc were written down later than<br />

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