Shrestha Ji wrote me: Vishontar: Interesting posts in Sajha. However, I like to pint out the timeline of Krishna vs Buddha. Krishna from Yadu Dynasty is mentioned in Mahabharat which is said to be written over 5000 years ago. Krishna's Yadu or Yadav Dynasty already existed in Mahabharat time that was at least 2500 years before Buddha was born. So does not it sound odd for you to say Brahmin wrote Purans and made Krishna from Yadav clan to lure Yadavs into Hindu Religion from Buddhism? Shrestha Ji, Thanks for the email. Actually, Mahabharat is not 5000 years old. Modern scholars consider it to be written in between 1st century BC to 1st century AD. It is a mythological story, which has nothing to do with history. The Characters in Mahabharat are the characters of popular fables of the time. Modern scholars divides Hindu scriptures into two divisions. Before पाणिनी and afterपाणिनी. Panini was a Sanskrit scholar who was born 200 years after Buddha in modern Day Pakistan. Pakistan government has issued a post stamp in his honor though nobody speaks and study Sanskrit in Pakistan today. पाणिनी wrote first grammar of Sanskrit which has become a yard stick to measure the time of Sanskrit scriptures. Any book which follow पाणिनी grammar should obviously be written after पाणिनी. All पुराण and popular Myths like रामायण and माहाभारत were written after पाणिनी, at least 200 years after Buddha. Three Vedas, ऋग्वेद, सामवेद, येजु्र्वेद and some उपनिशद don't follow पाणिनी grammer and are considered before पाणिनी. The oldest Hindu Scripture is Rigveda, which is considered 5000 years old. It gives the life style of people who lived in Modern Day Punjab. Mahabharat is a myth like Lord of the ring. If lord of the ring were written in India in few century back people would have connecting themselves with Hobits, Elves, Dwarves etc and they will be considering poor weak people as son of wizards or decedent of Galab. Do you know there are Chinese Kshatriyas who consider themselves as the decedent of Dragons? Now scientists convinced that the mythological Dragons were nothing but dinosaur. How can a particular human be a decedent of Reptile? There are Ksahtriyas in Nepal and India who considers themselves as son on Sun or Moon. Now scientist has proved that Sun is nothing but a Hydrogen fuel burning to Helium. How can it be a father of some people? How can a Moon, which is not different than the earth, be a father of some specific people?