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(38) F. E. Pargiter (1852-1927). (1049 words) |
 | But Pargiter brings the date of Mahabharat war down to 950 BC, kills our historic years right away by 2,189 years and again says that the Puranas were written in local (prakrit or Pali) language around the third century AD by the brahmans who further fabricated and expanded them. |
| But, Pargiter, rejecting all those evidences, assumes a date 950 BC in his mind and, squeezing the reigning period of all the dynasties that ruled Magadh, he just terminates 2,189 years out of his free will and says that Mahabharat war happened in 950 BC. |
| Instead of 1541 BC, Pargiter took 322 BC for Chandragupt Maurya because it was stated by Sir William Jones, and thus, terminated 1,219 years in one shot. |
| Damascus (3015 words) |
| From this date until the fall of the city in 732 bc the power of the Aramean kingdom depended upon the activity or quiescence of Assyria. |
| The overthrow of the Persian empire by Alexander was soon followed (301 bc) by the establishment of the Seleucid kingdom of Syria, with Antioch as its capital, and Damascus lost its position as the chief city of Syria. |
| In 111 bc the Syrian kingdom was divided, and Antiochus Cyzicenus became king of Coele-Syria, with Damascus as his capital. |
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