Single

America

History

Puranas are not mythology but historical facts. The difference between history and puranas is that history is written in chronological order and it is not so in puranas.
https://www.ancienthistorylists.com

Despite the diversity and wealth of manuscripts from ancient and medieval India that have survived into the modern times, there is a paucity of historical data in them. Neither the author name nor the year of their composition were recorded or preserved, over the centuries, as the documents were copied from one generation to another. This paucity tempted 19th-century scholars to use the Puranas as a source of chronological and historical information about India or Hinduism. This effort was, after some effort, either summarily rejected by some scholars, or become controversial, because the Puranas include fables and fiction, and the information within and across the Puranas was found to be inconsistent.

In early 20th-century, some regional records were found to be more consistent, such as for the Hindu dynasties in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh. Basham, as well as Kosambi, have questioned whether lack of inconsistency is sufficient proof of reliability and historicity. More recent scholarship has attempted to, with limited success, states Ludo Rocher, use the Puranas for historical information in combination with independent corroborating evidence, such as "epigraphy, archaeology, Buddhist literature, Jaina literature, non-Puranic literature, Islamic records, and records preserved outside India by travelers to or from India in medieval times such as in China, Myanmar and Indonesia".

http://ancientvoice.wikidot.com/purana-and-itihasa

https://www.youtube.com/@ancienthistory185/videos

Merit

In the Vedas, in the Ramayana, and in the sacred Bharata,

https://freeglobaluniversity.blogspot.com/search/label/Veda

O chief of Bharata’s race, Hari is sung in

1. the beginning, 
2. the middle, and at 
3. the end. 

http://harekrishnainfo.blogspot.com/search/label/Hari

That in which occur excellent statements relating to Vishnu, and the eternal Srutis, should be listened to by men desirous of attaining to the highest goal. This treatise is sanctifying. This is the highest indicator as regards duties; this is endued with every merit. One desirous of prosperity should listen to it.


Sins committed

1. by means of the body, 
2. by means of words, and 
3. by means of the mind, are all destroyed (through listening to the Bharata) as Darkness at sunrise. 

One devoted to Vishnu acquires (through this) that merit which is acquired by listening to the eighteen Puranas.

http://pac8.blogspot.com/search/label/18MajorPuranas

Source
http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m18/m18006.htm

Ram

http://www.jagatgururampalji.org/holy-scriptures-books/

skies

http://www.ancientskiesbook.com

Science

http://www.ancientscienceoflife.org