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74 THE CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF GUJARAT end of the Maitraka period (during which the Valabhī era was in common use), clearly indicates that they must have adopted the Gupta era from Sindh, where the Gupta era presumably prevailed as in other yarts of North India.
Accordingly, the Gupta era which was introduced into Saurashtra during the Gupta period, but which got modified into the Valabhī era during the Maitraka period, thus, seems to have been re-introduced into Saurashtra under its original nomenclature during this period.
As for the system of the years and the months of the Gupta era used in the Saindhava records, the dates yield the following observations :
(i) The Ghumli grant of the time of Agguka II was made in year 513, on the 12th day (of an unspecified month) on the occasion of Uttarāyaṇa. The given particulars clearly indicate that the day fell in the dark fortnight of Amānta Pausa (or Pūrnimānta Māgha) and corresponds to the 22nd of Dec., 832 A.C.18
The difference of 319 years in December clearly indicates that the date applies not to the Kārttikādi Valabhī years but to the Caitrādi Gupta years. As the name of the month is not specified, it cannot be inferred whether the month was Pūrņimānta or Amānta.
(ii) The Ghumli grant of Rāņaka dated in the Gupta year 555 does not mention the month, the fortnight and the day of the grant. 18. H. G. Shastri, MG., pp. 233 ff.
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