Similarly, the interlude between Rama and Hariścandra is 32 terms and places the beginning of Trētāyuga around 2600 BCE. The archaeological phase between 2600 and 2000 BCE is called the Mature-Harappan Age and it matches well with the Puranic Trētāyuga. The Trētāyuga remembered fondly as Rāmarājya echoes a highly prosperous period in tradition and it is an astounding coincidence that it corresponds with the most advanced archaeological layer in the proto-history of India, and this rather reinforces our view on the historicity of Itihāsapurāṇa tradition.
