Yuga Purana
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Yuga Purana is an ancient Sanskrit text, traditionally considered part of the Puranic literature, that contains prophetic-style accounts of historical events and dynasties in northern India.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Puranic text
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Sanskrit text ⓘ historical text ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gargi-Samhita
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Puranic literature ⓘ |
| category |
Hindu scriptures
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ancient Indian literature ⓘ historical sources of ancient India ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of city sieges
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accounts of dynastic successions ⓘ accounts of military campaigns ⓘ accounts of social disorder ⓘ prophecies framed as future events ⓘ |
| cosmologicalContext | doctrine of four yugas ⓘ |
| describes |
Magadha region
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Pataliputra NERFINISHED ⓘ Yavana (Indo-Greek) incursions ⓘ foreign invasions of northern India ⓘ historical events in northern India ⓘ political upheavals in ancient India ⓘ rise and fall of dynasties ⓘ |
| genre | Purana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier Puranic cosmology ⓘ |
| language | Sanskrit ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | prophetic narrative ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | future-telling sage ⓘ |
| partOf | Gargi-Samhita NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservation | transmitted in manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| regionFocus |
Gangetic plain
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northern India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | other Puranas ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Hindu Puranic tradition ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
date of composition
ⓘ
extent of historical reliability ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Indology
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Puranic studies ⓘ South Asian history ⓘ |
| subject |
kali yuga
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yugas (cosmic ages) ⓘ |
| textualForm | verse ⓘ |
| timePeriodDescribed |
Indo-Greek period
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Shunga period NERFINISHED ⓘ early centuries BCE ⓘ post-Mauryan period ⓘ |
| tradition | Hinduism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs |
source for Indo-Greek presence in India
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source for ancient Indian political history ⓘ source for chronology of northern Indian dynasties ⓘ |
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