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Translation of the Sûrya-Siddhânta, A Text-Book of Hindu Astronomy; With Notes, and an Appendix

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Yuga Cycles

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Primary astronomical-text translation documenting technical yuga-scale computation

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Yuga Cycles preserve a real Hindu textual tradition of recurring world ages.

The yuga system is strongly supported by textual sources, but the larger claims that yugas encode precise scientific history are not strongly supported.
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The four-yuga system belongs to Hindu textual and religious cosmology.

Answer / theory: Yes, the best-known yuga system is part of Hindu textual and religious cosmology. What supports it: Sanskrit sources including Manusmriti, the Mahabharata, Puranas, and Hindu astronomical literature. What is weak or disputed: Claims that every world-age tradition comes from the yuga system are not established. Evidence level: Strong Evidence.
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Some modern esoteric systems, including Sri Yukteswar's shortened-yuga model, connect yugas to a much shorter cycle; this is a later reinterpretation, not the standard classical chronology.

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Modern lost-civilization uses of yugas are later reinterpretations; the listed Hindu texts provide no direct evidence for a lost advanced civilization.

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Sri Yukteswar's shortened-yuga scheme is a modern esoteric reinterpretation distinct from classical long-duration systems.

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