Chronological Systems of Gujarat

SR No.: 006798
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bharati K Shelat
Publisher: Pranav Shelat
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 422
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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THE CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF GUJARAT day, but the exact date cannot be verified in the absence of further details like the week-day.
From these observations it becomes clear that the dates given in the Saindhava grants apply to the original Gupta era, the years of which were Caitrādi and not to the modified Gupta era, known as the Valabhī era, the years of which were Kārttikādi. The available data do not admit of any verification about the system of months, but the months of these dates were most probably Pūrnimānta, as the months ended in Pūrņimā both in the Gupta era of North India and the Valabhī era of Gujarat.
The Saindhava kings who established their power in Western Saurashtra for about two centuries, thus continued the use of the Gupta era, which was current in North India. This deserves special notice in view of the fact that the early Saindhava kings were feudatories of the Maitrakas21 who used the Valabhī era, and that the later Saindhava kings seem to be feudatories of the Pratihāras who dated their records in the Vikrama era22. The Gupta era disappears in Gujarat - along with the end of the Saindhava dynasty.
(iii) The Saka Era Shortly after the fall of the Maitraka kingdom of Valabhī, the Rāșțrakūta king Karkka II in South Gujarat extended his power over Central Gujarat. But the Lāța branch soon lost its power in Gujarat.
In about 800 A.C. the Imperial Rāștrakūtas of the -21. A. S. Altekar, EI, Vol. XXVI, p. 187. 22. Ibid., pp. 191 f.