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Assuming that the year given in the Girnar Inscrip-. tion dated Sañ. 58, belongs to the Simha era, Kielhorn finds that the Simha year commenced with Aşādha rather than Caitra38. But as established above, the date of this inscription applies not to the Simha era but to the Vikrama era, the figures of the hundreds being left understood.
As regards the years of the Simha era, the equations between the Simha years and the corresponding Valabhī and Vikrama years in all the four known dates may be examined anew.
The equations between the Simha years and the corresponding Valabhī years are as follows :
year
795
Month Simha Vikrama Difference
year 60
855 Āsādha 151
945
794 From this it follows that the difference is 794 in Aşādha and 795 in some other months. This makes it clear that the Simha year could not be Kārttikādi for otherwise it would yield a uniform difference in relation 10 the corresponding Valabhī year which was invariably Kārttikādi39.
38. Kielhorn, IA., Vol. XXII, p. 109
Shri G. H. Ojha (BPL., p. 184) and Shri D. C. Sircar (1E, p. 305), too, hold that the year of the Simba Era commenced with Āşādha, śu. di. 1. They cite no authority for it, but that
seems to have been based on that of Kielhorn. 39. Vide chapter V, Part I, above. 22
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