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
Sanskrit text
historical text
associatedWith Gargi-Samhita NERFINISHED
Puranic literature
category Hindu scriptures
ancient Indian literature
historical sources of ancient India
contains accounts of city sieges
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 NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
northern India NERFINISHED
relatedWork other Puranas
religiousContext Hindu Puranic tradition
scholarlyDebate date of composition
extent of historical reliability
studiedIn Indology
Puranic studies
South Asian history
subject kali yuga NERFINISHED
yugas (cosmic ages)
textualForm verse
timePeriodDescribed Indo-Greek period
Shunga period NERFINISHED
early centuries BCE
post-Mauryan period
tradition Hinduism NERFINISHED
usedAs source for Indo-Greek presence in India
source for ancient Indian political history
source for chronology of northern Indian dynasties

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Shunga Empire historicalSource Yuga Purana