Marbaniang, Domenic

The Bhavishya Purana is one of the eighteen major Hindu Puranas (histories of Hindu deities). But, the content of Bhavishya Purana is not just about history (past); it also includes prophecies about the future. In fact, the very title Bhavishya means "future"; the the title Bhavishya Purana should translate as "The History of the Future". While Hindu scholars maintain the Purana dates back to 3000 B.C. modern scholars are skeptical and consider it to be more recent since it gives particular details of Mughal emperors and modern events as well (See Vijaya Ghosh (ed), Tirtha, New Delhi: CMC Ltd., 1992). Interestingly, this seems to be the only Hindu text that incorporates some of the Biblical information directly into it. It recounts the account of Genesis as the story of the mlecchas. The Purana's narrative is a polemic against non-sanskritic languages and eulogizes Sanskrit as the purest and the mleccha (non-Vedic, barbarian, foreigner) language its corrupte...