SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -[Ind] Islamic Ascendancy (1192-1757) or Transitional Period This was the period of evolution from Vedism into Hinduism or Brahmanism. The two great Indian epics: the Mahabharata and the Ramayana emerged in this period.

Detailed explanation-2: -Indian Epics is centered on the study of two epic narratives, the Ramayana and Mahabharata. These two master-texts have exerted unequalled influence throughout the greater Indic civilisational realm for two millennia, and continue to form and inform the Indian national consciousness today.

Detailed explanation-3: -Based on astronomical information such as position of constellations and time of eclipses available in scriptures, they have concluded that events in the Ramayana took place 7, 000 years ago and events in the Mahabharata took place 5, 000 years ago.