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THE MAITRAKA PERIOD
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(4) The intercalation of Paușa in the (Valabhī) year 357 applies to the expired Kārttikādi year as well as. the current Caitrādi year.
The results may be tabulated as follows : Dates expired expired current current 254 expired expired
Caitrādi Kārttikādi 330
expired current
Kārttikādi Caitrādi 343 expired expired
Caitrādi Kārttikādi 357
expired current
Kārttikādi Caitrādi From this it clearly follows that the Valabhī records apply uniformly in all cases only to the system of expired Kārttikādi years.
In the present state of our knowledge the chronology of the early Gupta kings of Magadha and the Maitraka kings of Valabhi seems well established and accordingly the unspecified era used in the Valabhī edicts seems identifiable with the Valabhi era used in later records and the Valabhi era seems to be but a continuation of the Gupta era that had been current in Gujarat during the preceding period, the only difference being in the system of its years.
(ii) The Kalacuri Era During this period the southern parts of mainland Gujarat were ruled over by several successive dynasties.23 23. Such as the Traikūtakas, the Kațaccuris, the Gurjaras, the
Sendrakas and the Cālukyas.
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