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166 THE CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF GUJARAT The dates given here, are all taken from the works composed or copied in Gujarat.
Normally it may be assumed that the Solanki kingdom generally followed some definite and uniform system of chronology throughout its long career and in all territories under its sway. But on verification of the data supplied by the known dates of the Solanki kingdom, it is found that different systems prevailed in Gujarat simultaneously during this period. It would, therefore, be worth trying to see if any uniform system was in vogue in the Sārasvata Mandaïa which represented the home-province of the Solanki kingdom.
The known records of Gujarat yield 137 key-dates pertaining to sārasvata Mandala. Of these 92 dates' are found to be regular at the outset. Of the remaining 45 dates? 3 (Nos. 95–97) are left out unverified as the copper-plates recording them have proved forged. Many of these hold good if the given tithi be taken as connected with the week-day on which it commenced rather than the week-day which commenced at the sunrise which marked the current tithi for the whole civil day for all practical purposes.
Eleven dates3 out of these 42 dates do not hold good according to their particulars given by the editors of the respective records. Some of the particulars, therefore, must be erroneous. The error may be either in the recording or the reading of the date. Some correction is here suggested hypothetically, mostly in the 1. Nos. 1 to 92 2. Nos. 93 to 137 3. Nos. 101. 102, 103, 107, 110, 112, 118, 123, 125, 127 and 135
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