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THE CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF GUJARA I
first Arya Siddhānta and the Brahma Siddhanta. According to the original Sūrya Siddhānta and the BỊhatsarhitā rule the samvatsara arrived at corresponds, not to the given samvatsara but to that preceding it. The same is the case with the samvatsara given in relation to Saka year 793, wherein the samvatsara arrived at corresponds to the preceding samvatsara according to all the four systems.
It is obvious that the Samvatsara given in relation to S.E. 793 falls one year earlier in comparison to the other samvatsaras in case the Saka years are taken to be expired or current. It should also be noted that the samvatsara Nandana which fell in Saka year 735 (no. 3) could not recur at the interval of 58 years in S. E. 793. It, therefore, seems clear that the S'aka Era 793, if given correctly32 must be taken as expired, while all the other S'aka years must be taken as current. In other words the Saka year 793 must be treated as expired and equated with 794 current, or it is also probable that the true year intended to be given was 794 and not 793.3 3 32. The actual expression given in the record reads S'akan pakālā
titasamvatsaraśateșu saptasu navarrtayatyadhikeșu. The last Pāda is obviously incorrect. The editor has suggested to correct it into Navarryuttaratryadhikeșu (EI, Vol. XVIII, p. 250, f. n. 20). But the phraseology would not correspond to that given in the other records of the Raştrakūtas. In accordance with the usual phraseology given in the Rastrakūta records, the number 93 should have been expressed as Trinavatyadhikeşu: The record is full of inaccuracies and it is, therefore, not unlikely that the scribe committed some error in this phrase too. Presumably
the intended phrase was to be Caturnavaryadhike$u. 33. Vide No. 10 above.
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