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THE CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF GUJARAT
The above results indicate a preponderance of expired years upto about 90% on the whole.
Out of the dates that throw light on the different systems of years, 77% apply to Kärttikadi years (including Aṣāḍhādi years) on the whole, the system of Aṣāḍhādi years probably appearing in all key-dates in Kutch and West Saurashtra.
As regards the system of months, the known keydates in Aṣṭādaśaśata Maṇḍala excluding region of Mt. Abu has a preponderant proportion of the Pūrṇimānta system, while the known key-dates in North Saurashtra all belong to the system of Purnimanta months. The key-dates in all the other parts of Gujarat indicate the preponderance of Amanta dates above 60 per cent. The percentage comes to 61 on adding North Saurashtra and the region of the relevant part of Aṣṭādaśaśata Mandala.
Samvatsaras
Two dates of the Vikrama era contain the names of the corresponding Samvatsaras. One (No. 207) refers to Sobhana Samvatsara in Kārttika of Sam. 1354. On referring the Samvatsara to the Tables of sixty years cycles in Pillai's Indian Ephemeris, it is found that the given Samvatsara does not apply to the southern cycle, while it falls proximate in the northern cycle On calculating according to the method given in Pillai's Indian Chronology, we actually arrive at the given samvatsara on the given date.
4 The year 1297 A C. is mentioned against Subhakṛt which immediately precedes the given samvatsara.
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