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located in North-West Gujarat. The places which are located in the territory to the East of the Sārasvata Mandala are treated under North and North-East Gujarat'. Central Gujarat formed the Khetaka Mandala and South Gujarat the Lāța Mandala. The peninsula of Saurashtra comprised the Saurāșțra Mandala of the Caulukya kingdom. But as it covers a very extensive area it is here divided into East Saurashtra, South Saurashtra, Central Saurashtra. West Saurashtra and North Saurashtra. Last comes Kutch, which formed the Kaccha Mandala. The remaining Mandalas which lie outside the boundaries of modern Gujarat, such as Satyapura Mandala, Bhillamāla Mandala, Avanti Mandala and Medapāța Mandala are not taken into consideration here, as they would not necessarily reflect chronological systems which prevailed in Gujarat.
The key-dates are next classified chronologically. On the basis of the given particulars especially of the week-day and sometimes eclipse and rarely intercalation, the dates are examined according to different systems by giving the equivalent Christian dates and their weekdays. In many cases dates would tally according to some system or other. Such dates are arranged in different groups under Regular Dates.' Those dates which do not tally according to any of the systems are similarly arranged under 'Irregular Dates.' 7. A. K. Majumdar, op. cit., p. 209
The Mandala seems to have included Kumbhariya, Radhanpur, Tharād etc. and extended as far as the Banas River on
the south-west (H. D. Sankaliya, op. cit., p. 143). 8. The year may be current or expired, Caitrādi or Kārtrikādi
or sometimes Aşādhādi, the month may be Pūrnimānta or Ainānta.
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