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THE GUPTA PERIOD according to the Purāņas. Of course, no inscriptions bearing any serial number, of the years used by his successors have yet come to light. Thus his assumption is not corroborated by any concrete evidence..
Dr. Mirashi also contends that this era used in south Gujarat, is identical with the Kalacuri or Cedi Era used in later inscriptions of North India and Chhattisgarh Division of Madhya Pradesh.
The early dates ascribable to this era in the inscriptions of Gujarat occur in the copper-plates of the Traikūţakas. The earliest known date falls in year 207 and belongs to king Dahrasena, the second known king of the Traikūțaka dynasty. It is, therefore, clear that the Traikūțakas probably adopted the era from some earlier dynasty.
The date contains no week-day and does not admit of verification for the system of the year and the month.
On chronological and palaeographical grounds certain inscriptions dated year 67 to 167 are ascribed to the Kalacuri era. These records belong to different dynasties that mostly ruled in Khandesh and in Madhya pradesh. But the assumption that they were feudatories of Abhīras is not substantiated by any concrete evidence. The origin of the Kalacuri era may, therefore, be regarded as lost to oblivion and we should wait for the discovery of the missing links. That may supply a clue for the solution of the problem.
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