# Itihasa and Purana
**इतिहास और पुराण**

- Canonical page: https://indianepics.online/chapter/itihasa/
- Track: tradition
- Stops: Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, Kali Yuga


Before the dated record there is the told one. The Puranas describe four ages, the yugas, lasting from 432,000 to 1,728,000 years each. Tradition places Rama's Ayodhya in the Treta Yuga, and the Mahabharata sets the war at Kurukshetra at the junction of the Dvapara and the Kali.

This track pins that geography on the same map as the archaeological record, labelled plainly as tradition. It is not dated on the year axis, and the two tracks never share a scale. Toggle it off if you only want the evidence.

## Events (3)

- Treta Yuga (Ramayana) (Treta Yuga) — [Ayodhya, city of Rama](https://indianepics.online/event/ayodhya.md): The Ramayana's capital of Kosala, Rama's birthplace and seat, on the Sarayu.
- Dvapara Yuga (Harivamsa, Mahabharata) (Dvapara Yuga) — [Dwarka, Krishna's western city](https://indianepics.online/event/dwarka.md): Krishna's capital on the Saurashtra coast, which the Mahabharata says the sea swallowed after his death.
- End of the Dvapara Yuga (Mahabharata) (Dvapara Yuga) — [Kurukshetra, field of the Mahabharata war](https://indianepics.online/event/kurukshetra.md): The eighteen-day war between the Pandavas and Kauravas, and the setting of the Bhagavad Gita.