Master of Arts Thesis Summary Part 1: (Instituto Bhaktivedanta de Ciencias y Humanidades) The Classic Literature of India - Antiquity of the Srîmad-Bhâgavatam - or Bhâgavata-Purâna
This document provides a summary of a thesis investigating the antiquity of the Bhagavata Purana. It discusses the different views on the composition date of the text, with traditional Indian views placing it earlier than colonial era European scholars. The thesis uses the scientific method to evaluate competing paradigms on the text's origins. It notes that European scholar's dating systems were influenced by Christian and colonial biases, and challenges the dominant view by bringing new evidence to establish the text's presence before the last Ice Age, contradicting theories influenced by colonial-era sociopolitical factors.
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