Krta Yuga is an epoch in Indian history.
One of the cosmic time reckonings assigns a certain age to
the Earth.
Traditional thinking holds that time has no origin or
conclusion, but rather alternates between cycles of creation and activity,
followed by cessation and qui etude.
Each cycle lasts 4.32 billion years, with the active period
being known as the Day of Brahma and the tranquil phase being known as the
Night of Brahma.
The Day of Brahma is split into one thousand mahayugas
("great cosmic eras"), each lasting 4.32 million years, according to
one accounting of cosmic chronology.
The Krta Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali Yuga are
the four yugas that make up each mahayuga.
Each of the four yugas is shorter than the one before it,
ushering in a period that is more decadent and depraved than the one before it.
Things have grown so horrible towards the conclusion of the
Kali Yuga that the only remedy is to destroy and recreate the world, at which
point the new Krta period starts.
The Krta Yuga is the earliest of the four yugas, and it is
also the longest, lasting 1,728,000 years.
It is also regarded as the best of all the yugas, with gold,
the most expensive of all metals, as its emblem.
The side marked Krta was the one for the winning throw in an
ancient Indian dice game, indicating the greatest available alternative.
People in the legendary descriptions of the Krta Yuga live exceedingly long lives, have enormous physical size, and are completely virtuous by nature.
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