Sumerian King List

Langdon1923 WB444 study, printedpage 27

“\ weB. 1923, 444, THE SUMERO-ACCADIAN SYSTEM OF LEGENDARY AND HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY 27 a great cosmic age lasted 12000 divine years, a divine year being 360 human years, which gives 4.320.000 human years. This was divided into four cycles (yuga), the krita, treta, dvapara and katt cycles, in the proportion, 4-3-2-1, i. e., 1.440.000; 1.080.000 ; 720.000; 360.000. “The kria age consisted of unblemished righteousness, the treta age of 3/4 righteousness, the dvapara age of 1/2 righteousness, and the kéli-yuga of only 1/4 righteousness. Each age began and ended in a twilight period containing as many hundreds of divine years as the age had thousands. Hence the hdli-yuga, or “age of discord » has 36.000 -+ 360.000 + 36.000 = 432.000 human cyears. It is difficult to understand how this can have any connection with the Sumerian system and the 432,000 years of the ante-diluvian period. Mr. F. E. Parerrer, MA. of Exeter College, has supplied me with this accurate information. He refers to the following literature. Firz EpwaRp Hatx’s edition of Wiison’s Vishna Purana, Vol. I, 49-50, and Hastines’ Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, article Puranas by F. E. Parerrer.