Yuga

• Yuga is a unit of the cosmic cycle in Hindu cosmology.
• According to Hinduism, Time is endless and divided into four yugas. They are:
  • Satya Yuga – The Era of Truth,
  • Treta Yuga – The Silver Age,
  • Dwapar Yuga – The Era of Truthfulness and Compassion, and
  • Kali Yuga – The Iron Age
• Four such yugas make up a maha yuga.
• 2,000 maha yugas make up “The Kalpa” – The basic cosmic cycle.

Interesting Facts about Yugas

• Each yuga is progressively shorter than the preceding one.
  • This is corresponding to a decline in the moral state of humanity.
• The first yuga was an age of perfection that lasted 1,728,000 years.
• The fourth and most degenerate yuga began in 3102 BC.
  • It will last 432,000 years.
  • At the close of this yuga, the world will be destroyed.
• It is recreated after a period of quiescence as the cycle resumes.

Source

• Britannica