Chapter 1 Prologue Objective and Hypothesis of the Study The objective and hypothesis of the study is to bring to the fore many faultlines, distortions and subversions ingrained in the ancient Indian history, particularly that of the Krishna and the Mahabharata period and the so-called ‘Black period’. The period seems to be the second foundational after that of the Indus and Harappa civilization, to the all the civilizational developments and the progression of the Indian civilization in particular and that of the world in general. Methodology and Sources As the subject matter pertains to the ancient period and a personality