ThaneWulfgharn said:
In wikipedia it says Mahabharata dates written nearly 400yrs BCE,but it may have unwritten records up to 800yrs or 900yrs BCE.And there was no record in wikipedia of Yavana,Xia,Saka and Sinhala.
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1) The battle of mahabharat have dates unclear.there are many theories.
Most widely accepted date is 10th century BCE or 950 BCE, according to archeological evidences.
S. Balakrishna concluded a date of 2559 BCE using consecutive lunar eclipses.
R. N. Iyengar concluded a date of 1478 BCE using double eclipses and Saturn+Jupiter conjunctions.
B. N. Achar states a date of 3067 BCE using planetary positions listed in the Mahābhārata.
P. V. Holey states a date of November 13, 3143 BCE using planetary positions and calendar systems.
P. V. Vartak calculates a date of October 16, 5561 BCE using planetary positions.
Based on translation work by K. Sadananda, on November 22 3067 BCE, Kurukshetra War started.
"The findings in Dwarka and archeological evidence found are compatible with the Mahabharata tradition and removes the lingering doubt about the historicity and positions the Mahabharata war date to around 1500 BCE.
so date of mahabharat war is unclear.
2)China is mentioned as one among the northern kingdoms:
Mahabharata, Book 6, chapter 9 (MBh.6.9) mentions like this:- Among the tribes of the north are the Mlecchas, and the Kruras, the Yavanas, the Chinas, the Kamvojas, the Darunas, and many Mleccha tribes; the Sukritvahas, the Kulatthas, the Hunas, and the Parasikas; the Ramanas, and the Dasamalikas.
Chinas were mentioned along with Chivukas and Pulindas and Khasas, Hunas, Pahlavas, Sakas, Yavanas, Savaras, Paundras, Kiratas, Kanchis, Dravidas, Sinhalas and Keralas. All these tribes were described as Mlechha tribes. Here they were described as the protectors of sage Vasistha and his cow against the attack of king Viswamitra. (1,177)
Pahlavas and the Daradas and the various tribes of the Kiratas and Yavanas and Sakas and the Harahunas and Chinas and Tukharas and the Sindhavas and the Jagudas and the Ramathas and the Mundas and the inhabitants of the kingdom of women and the Tanganas and the Kekayas and the Malavas and the inhabitants of Kasmira were mentioned at (3,51) as bringing tribute to Pandava king Yudhisthira.
India during the time of Mahabharat.
The Yavanas, the Kiratas, the Gandharvas, the Chinas, the Savaras, the Barbaras, the Sakas, the Tusharas, the Kankas, the Pathavas, the Andhras, the Madrakas, the Paundras, the Pulindas, the Ramathas, the Kamvojas were mentioned together as tribes beyond the kingdoms of Aryavarta. The Aryavarta kings had doubts on dealing with them.
also there is tale fight between kalyavan and Lord Krishna in which kalyavan is burned by king muchkund.
Bhima mentions a China king Dhautamulaka, who caused the destruction of his own race (5,74). The name "Dhautamulaka" translates to "clean root", and might be a reference to the last Xia emperor Jie, whose name means "clean" in Chinese.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_in_the_Mah%C4%81bh%C4%81rata
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurukshetra_War
sorry for my bad english as It is not my native language.
and again thanks for shields.