‘According to Srimad Bhagavatam, one of the earliest known texts describing the yugas, the duration of the Satya yuga equals 4,800 years of the demigods; Treta yuga equals 3,600 years, Dwapara yuga equals 2,400 years; and the Kali yuga is 1,200 years of the demigods. One year of the demigods is equal to 360 years of the human beings. These four yugas follow a timeline ratio of 4:3:2:1. The duration of the yugas is therefore: 4,000 + 400 + 400 = 4,800 divine years (= 17,28,000 human years) = 1 Satya yuga 3,000 + 300 + 300 = 3,600 divine years (= 12,96,000 human years) = 1 Treta yuga 2,000 + 200
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