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THE CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF GUJARAT
The appearance of the Vikrama era in the record of Broach between the extensive region of the Valabhi era in the North and the West and the region of the Śaka era in the South by the middle of the 8th cent. A.C. seems to be sudden and unusual. It is traced to the influence of the imperial Pratihāras who reigned in North India and whose supremacy was acknowledged by the Cahamānas of Broach. Unfortunately the records of the early Pratihāras have not come to light, but the records of the succeeding Pratihāras are all dated in the Vikrama era and bear testimony to its common use in their kingdom.
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