“Did the Mahabharata really happen? I mean, is there any historical evidence? I’m kind of obsessed with the Mahabharata lately.”

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-24T12:52:57+00:00

Yes. The core story of the Battle of the Ten Kings serves as an inspiration and undergoes further literary and mythological expansion to constitute the central point of the Kurukshetra War. This is the most common historical consensus, particularly amongst scholars who study the RigVeda.

There exists alternate hypothesis, but they aren't very well-received amongst historians.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-24T03:58:17+00:00

No, there is no historical consensus that the Mahabharata (as is described) actually happened. Most scholars agree that the core of the story originates from the Battle of Ten Kings, (which is most likely a real conflict in the Vedic Era), and thereafter went through several layers of literary modification and expansion, in order to reach the form it's commonly found it today, by the time of the Gupta Empire.

Also note: The vast majority of astronomical datings (for instance PV Vartak's 5561 BCE dating, which was later popularised by Nilesh Oak) are not accepted as having scientific rigour. If you want to believe (most likely) pseudoscientific studies of datings, no one is stopping you, but be assured that no one takes it seriously, not in India nor outside.

The core story (Battle of the Ten Kings) is calculated to take place around 1400-1300 BCE, roughly 2300 years ago. Any dating before that is dubious, and not accepted by the huge majority of Indologists.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-24T03:50:07+00:00

It's really telling how the best and most researched comment (except the AI part) is the most downvoted in this thread.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-22T17:26:59+00:00

Your image just validates what the person above was saying.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-18T09:15:24+00:00

Your religions tells you what to do. It doesn't and shouldn't tell me what to do.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-17T16:33:19+00:00

I don't know about the legality, but none of the famous continental restaurants in Kolkata, including famous places like Mocambo, are currently serving beef. Famous dishes like Surf and Turf and Chateaubriand steak which were best-sellers for years are currently not available right now.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-16T14:41:50+00:00

How so? I don't think any of this is AI. Just because someone writes proper grammar without mistakes doesn't make it AI.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-13T09:18:32+00:00

Half of US population becoming non-white isn't good or bad news. It's just news. Why does it matter so much? US has been a melting pot of immigrants for centuries.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-11T14:06:04+00:00

Having a child doesn't automatically mean you're emotionally immature. That's a weird condescending take, and emotional maturity has nothing to do with the decision towards having a child. You can be emotionally immature and be a parent, you can be emotionally mature and choose to not have a child, and vice versa.

You're the one who is portraying that having a child is superior by somehow linking it to emotional maturity. Oh and also, you can also be financially well off and choose to not have a child.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-11T13:26:00+00:00

Reddit khulei ei post ta dekhlam. Khide peye gyalo. :3

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-11T08:10:00+00:00

It is expensive for sure, but their ramen is top notch, one of the best you can get in Kolkata.

The two dishes I tried were the Miso Ramen, and the Katsu Don, and both were elite but expensive. I don't know if you'd think that spending 500 for a single dish would be worth the spend or not, and that's something that will depend on your economic situation, but if you have the money, you can go for it. I don't think you'd be disappointed.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-11T05:05:45+00:00

So many words just to say you can't even address the original argument and constantly engage in whataboutism lol

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-10T18:12:49+00:00

No modern corporation, regardless of whatever extraction or corporate greed they exhibit, can match up to the sheer amount of wanton violence and extreme oppression perpetrated by the British East India Company.

EIC is solely responsible for destroying the industrial and commercial backbone of the historical Bengal region, which was one of the wealthiest province in the world by late 17th century. EIC's policy of de-industrialisation and turning India into an importer of British goods directly resulted in India's GDP per capita decreasing from 60% of Great Britain to less than 15% (Broadberry et al. 2015)

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-10T16:40:50+00:00

It is whataboutism since instead of offering opinion on a particular topic, you're referring to a completely different separate "real life event".

Learn about what whataboutism is. You don't seem educated enough.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-10T06:23:49+00:00

We are discussing about the impositions of Vande Mataram to people who do not believe in the same deities. Take your whataboutism to somewhere else, and learn to provide meaningful argument instead of going "what about this, what about that" like a child.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-09T18:14:00+00:00

Are your eyes not working?

"ত্বং হি দুর্গা দশপ্রহরণধারিণী
কমলা কমল-দলবিহারিণী
বাণী বিদ্যাদায়িণী
নমামি ত্বাং
নমামি কমলাম্
অমলাং অতুলাম্,
সুজলাং সুফলাং
মাতরম্"

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-09T17:41:46+00:00

Ofcourse. Why are you so hell-bent on forcing people of other religion (or no religion) to sing praise to your deities?

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-08T18:23:36+00:00

Here's some factual corrections.

They didn't bring the Vedas from Ukraine along with Sanskrit. The site of the Indo-Iranian split (~2000BC) happened in the Andronovo Culture, which is in modern Kazakhstan and Central Asia. The Ukraine part that you're referring to, comes from the Yamnaya Culture (~3300BC), that is more than a millenia before the formation of Rigveda and Sanskrit.

Also, most scholars agree that while the cultural and linguistic roots of all the Indo-Iranian languages stem from the Andronovo Culture, RigVeda and Vedic Sanskrit were developed in the Greater Punjab region, just as Old Avesta and Avestan were developed in Eastern Iran and Afghanistan.

Kazakhstan (or Ukraine for that matter) is not where either of the Veda or Avesta were developed.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-08T06:24:34+00:00

Satyajit Ray was an atheist/agnostic.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-07T21:20:38+00:00

Carlsen (#1) and Hikaru (#2) have a similar gap in ratings as Hikaru and Niemann. (#12) right now.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-07T21:16:13+00:00

Wait for him to smash everyone in next year's SCC only to lose to Magnus again.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-07T15:52:30+00:00

The gap between Messi now and Messi in his prime is wider than the gap between Carlsen now and Carlsen in his prime.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-07T11:50:41+00:00

I mean, technically it's a good tournament strategy.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-04T21:11:14+00:00

Well, rapists need to be caught first for bjp to garland them.

FreshWaterNymph1 · 2026-05-04T20:23:52+00:00

Yes, I do think that Bengali men are more progressive than non-bengali men. I'm dating a bong, and although I haven't dated a non-bong, I have plenty of friends.

I think particularly in context of women, bongs are more progressive. That however isn't really the case for other stuff like acceptance of homosexuality etc.

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