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50 THE CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF GUJARAT
The examination of the cases mentioned above clearly indicates that all these dates apply to the epoch of 248-49 A.C.
As regards the system of the commencement of the year and the completion of the month, the results of the above cases may be tabulated as follows :
Kalacuri date Equivalent Difference Indicati
Christian in years ons if date
any 456, Māgha su. di. 2nd Feb.,706A.C. 250 year-expired
15 460, Āśvina va di. 23rd Sep.,710A C. 250 year-expired
Month
Amānta 486, Āsādha 22nd June, 736A.C. 250 Yearsu. di.(10, 11)
expired 12
From these results it follows that
(i) The years of this era, as indicated by the Gurjara Kings of South Gujarat, were counted as expired years in that region“.
(ii) As the difference in years indicates, the Kalacuri year did not begin with Caitra or any other month from Māgha to Aśvina. In other words it is found to have commenced in Kārttika, Mārgasira or Pausa, and 41. In the contemporary records of this period two dates apply.to
the system of current years (CII, Vol. IV, Part I, pp. xii-xiii) but both of them are from other regions, one being from Khandesh and the other from Maharasthra.
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