 In this view, the Vedas were received thousands of years ago, and the start of the reign of Manu Vaivasvate, the Manu of the current kalpa (aeon) and the progenitor of humanity, may be dated as far back 7350 BCE.The Kurukshetra War, the background-scene of the Baghavad Gita, which may relate historical events taking place ca.1000 BCE at the heartland of Aryavarta, is dated in this chronology at ca.