Graham Hancock on India’s real age, Kali Yuga, Underwater cities, Ram Setu & Ancient India Mysteries

In this deep and expansive conversation, Graham Hancock, renowned author and researcher, engages with host Prakhar Gupta on the profound mysteries of ancient Indian civilization and humanity's forgotten past. Hancock argues that mainstream archaeology has failed to account for a lost, advanced civilization predating the commonly accepted 4,500-year timeline, potentially dating back 13,000 to 30,000 years. Drawing on Indian mythology, particularly the Yuga cycle and the concept of pralaya (great cataclysm), he posits that the Younger Dryas climate event—12,800 years ago—was a global catastrophe triggered by a comet impact, wiping out a sophisticated civilization. He emphasizes that India, with its deep oral traditions, mythology, and sacred geography, holds the most detailed memory of this lost era. Hancock highlights underwater ruins near Mahabalipuram, Dwarka, and the Gulf of Kutch as evidence of submerged cities, and connects global myths—like the flood story of Manu, the seven sages, and the churning of the Milky Ocean—to a shared scientific knowledge of astronomy, especially the precession of the equinoxes. He critiques modern archaeology for ignoring marine archaeology, the Sahara, and the Amazon, and champions oral traditions and ancient maps as vital sources of truth. Ultimately, Hancock calls for a paradigm shift: humanity is not the pinnacle of evolution but part of a cyclical process of rise, fall, and rebirth, urging us to learn from ancient wisdom to avoid self-destruction in the modern age.