H I N D O 
Is extremely valuable, as ifenables us to fix, with’ preci- 
fion, the real periods of Hindoo hiftoiy, with their respec¬ 
tive durations ; and to fhow from thence the alterations 
that have fince taken place by the introduction of new 
iy Items. 
The firft fyltem mentioned in this work, confilled of 
2400000 years, which was called the Calpa .—-This period 
was divided into Manwantaras and Yugs, as follows: 
A Satya Yug confuted of 
960 Ye 
A Treta, - - 
720 
A Dwapar, - 
480 
A Cali, 
- - 24O 
A Maha-Yug, 
- 2400 
71 Maha-Yugs, 
- I/O4OO 
with a Satya of, 
- 960 
A Manwantara, 
- 171360 
14 Manwantaras, 
2399040 
which, w r ith a Satya at beginning. 
- 960 
From the whole Calpa, 
2400000 
The calpa is alfo divided into 
1000 Maha-Yug' 
2400 years each. 
The years expired of the above fyftem, at the era of Vi- 
cramaditya, were 11906275 which being reduced into 
Manwantaras and Yugs, we fliall have 
A Satya at the beginning, - — . 
6 Manwantaras complete, - - 1028160 
67 Maha-Yugs of the 7th Manwantara, - 160800 
Thence to the era of Vicramaditya, - - 707 
Total years expired, ... 1190627 
Hence it appears that Culi-Yugof the 67th Maha-Yug 
of the 7th Manwantara of this fyltem, ended 707 years be¬ 
fore the era of Vicramaditya, or 764 years before Chrilt.— 
Therefore 
The Satya Yug, or golden age, began B. C. 3164 
The Treta Yug, or filver age, - - 2204 
The Dwapar Yug, or brazen age, - - 1484 
The Cali Yug, or iron age, - 1004 
And ended, - 764 
Making in all 2400 years ; becaufe 3164—764 = 2400 
During the firft period of 960 years, called the golden 
age, the Hindoos have no real hiftory; the whole being: 
fabulous, except what relates to the flood, which is alle¬ 
gorically reprelented by the filh incarnation. 
With the iecond period, or filver age, the Hindoo em¬ 
pire commences, under the Solar and Lunar dynafties; and 
from Budha, the l'on of Soma, the firft of the Lunar line, 
they reckon about fifty reigns down to end of the Dw'apar, 
which make, at an average, twenty-four years to a reign. 
Towards the clofe of the fourth period, this fyftem ap¬ 
pears to have been laid afide, as the repeating the lame 
names over again would, in time, caule a confufion in 
hiftory. 
The next fyftem mentioned in the Graha Munjari, con¬ 
fided of 387600000 years, which was called the term of 
Brahma’s life. This period is divided and fubdivided in 
the following manner: 
A Calpa is called a day of Brahma, which in this fyftem 
contains, - - - 5000 Years.. 
And his night is of the fame length, 5000 
A day and night therefore, - = 10000 
30 days and nights make a month, 300000 
And 12 fuch months a-year, =: 3600000 
And 107 fuch years and eight months make 
the full period of Brahma’s life, = 387600000 
The Treta and Dwapar together make 1200 years, which, 
divided by 50, give 24 years to a reign. It is fomewhat. 
remarkable, that the principal Eaftern nations date the 
commencement of their empires from nearly the fame 
time. Thus we find the Chinefe empire began under the 
dynafty of Hia, according to Mr. Playfair, B. C. 2207 
The kingdom of Egypt, - 2207 
The kingdom of Alfyria, - 2221 
The empire of India under the folar and lunar lines, 2204 
OSTAN. J0'7 
The Calpa, or day of Brahma, 
is divided into Manwan- 
taras and Yugs, in the following 
manner. 
Years. Months. 
A Satya contains, 
2 0 • 
A Treta, 
1 6 
A Dwapar, 
1 0 
A Cali, 
- 06 
A Maha-Yug, 
S 0 
71 Maha-Yugs, 
355 years. 
With a Satya of, 
- 2 
Make a Manwantara of - - 357 
14 fuch Manwantaras, - - 49 9 8 
Which, with a Satya at the beginning, - 2 
Make a Calpa, or day of Brahma, 5000 years. 
The years expired of this fyftem, at the beginning of the 
Satya, or golden age of the former fyftem, were, 212560000 
Add thencd'fto.the Chriftian era, - - 3164 
Total years expired at the Chriftian era, 212563164 
After 193799286 years had been expired of Brahma’s 
life, he, for the firft time, created the Earth, and ordained 
that, at the end of every Calpa, or 5000 years, it fhould 
be deftroyed, and again re-produced. 
Therefore, from the years elapfed, - 212563164 
Take the years at the firft creation, = 193799286 
Remain, - 18763878 
The years from the firft creation to the Chriftian era— 
which being divided by 5000, the quotient will be the 
number of times the world has been deftroyed and cre¬ 
ated, according to this Hindoo legend; and the remain¬ 
der will ftiow the years expired lince the laft creation. 
Thus, ■ " YoJJ 71 =3752 times deftroyed and created, 
and 3878 years from the laft creation to the Chriftian era 
Now, fince there are 357 years in each Manwantara, we 
have the date of the commencement of each as follow : 
The firft Manwantara, 
B. C. 3878 Years. 
The fecond, 
3521. 
The third, 
3164 
The fourth, 
- - 2807 
The fifth, 
2450 
The fixth, 
2093 
The feventh, 
1736 
The eighth, 
1379 
The ninth, 
1022 
The tenth, 
665 
The eleventh. 
308 
The twelfth, 
A. C. 49 
The thirteenth, 
406 
The fourteenth. 
763 
and ended 
3 120 
Making in all about 5000 years. 
with the Sandhi of two 
years. 
Thus the Satya, or golden age, as we call it, of the firft 
fyftem, began on the fame year that the third Manwan¬ 
tara of the fecond fyftem did ; that is, the year before 
Chrift 3164. And the ninth Manwantara, of the fecond 
fyftem, began the year before Chrift 1022, only eighteen 
years after the commencement of the Cali, or iron age, of 
the firft fyftem. 
Hence, from the beginning of the third Manwantara, 
down to that of the ninth, includes nearly the fame time 
as the Satya, Treta, and Dwapar, of the firft fyftem ; and 
confequently, the events of hiftory recorded in thefe pe¬ 
riods, if transferred to the former, fhould be found under 
thofe particular Manwantaras which correfponded with 
the adtual times in which they happened, unlefs pur- 
pofely deftroyed or perverted, in modern times, to pre¬ 
vent a difcoveiy of the change that has been made in the 
fyftems. Therefore, let us fee how far the periods of the 
two ancient fyftems agree, with refpeft to the fame events, 
which will be the moft certain mode of proving the truth 
of thefe fyftems. 
The Hindoos place the flood in the Satya, or golden age : 
on referring to the Manwantaras, we find, according to 
the Marcandeya Purana, that the flood took place in the 
a fourth 
