Priya Ranjan

Decoding Abraham with Shukracharya, SUBTITLE: Understanding Religion with Dharma perspective

This is the book, written in a nice narrative story form for intellectual readers having doubt about timelines, confusion on rebirth, and feeling uncomfortable on evolutionary contradiction in religious believes. The story is inspired by the insights of Dr. Rahul Shukla, on Abrahamic Mimamsa, that Sukracharya, traditionally situated within Indic cosmology, represents a foundational archetype underlying certain Western religious constructs. The book explores how teachings of Shukra have influenced distant civilizations leads to creation of Mayan calendar beginning in 3114 BCE and ending at 2012 CE. The book demonstrates how the widely accepted figure of Kali Yuga lasting 432,000 years emerges from textual misinterpretation and reinvented Yuga concept that resolves centuries of confusion surrounding duration and sequencing. This revised model fits precisely with the scientifically reasoned timelines of the Ramayana and Mahabharata proposed by Nilesh Oak. The timing of Kaliyuga fits logically and is not the event of future. The whole Kalki-Puran itself written in past tense by Vedavyasa after the Battle of Kikatpur and Vishshon. The book expresses Indic chronology for the succession of Manus as evolutionary phases in the emergence of The Vaivasvata Manu as Homo sapiens in current Manvantara. The first Manvantara of Swayambhu Manu were early bipedal beings appearing between approximately 5.4 and 4.6 million years ago. Priya Ranjan Srivastav (born 1974) is a Mechanical Engineer with a B . Tech from BITS Pilani and brings over three decades of professional experience in the engineering and infrastructure sector. He has been associated with leading multinational organizations and has contributed to several landmark projects, including Indira Gandhi International Airport, Kota Atomic Power Station, and the Bibiyana Power Plant in Bangladesh. Beyond his professional pursuits, he is deeply interested in reading, history, spirituality, and the comparative understanding of world religions. Inspired by the talks of Rahul Shukla, he was motivated to articulate his thoughts through writing. He resides at Baroda now with his wife and two sons and continues his intellectual quest alongside his professional commitments.