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What is 2898 AD in Kalki? Know how dystopian setting is linked to Aryabhatta, Puranas

Kalki is set in the 29th century, specifically in the year 2898 AD, ‘6000 years after the Kurukshetra War’ from the Mahabharata. In his book Surya Siddhanth, mathematician Aryabhatta studied the position of the celestial bodies mentioned in Mahabharata and deduced that the Kurukshetra War took place in 3128 BC. Based on that, he theorised that the Dwapar Yuga ended on February 18, 3102 BC, the day Lord Krishna left Earth.