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the same place Cincaṇī, is dated Saturday, the 15th day of the dark-half of the month Kārttika, S.E. 976, which is represented as Vijaya Samvatsara in the record. The grant is made on the occasion of the solar eclipse. The date corresponds to Saturday, 13 November, 1053 A.C.
· (v) The Navsari copper-plate inscription of Durlabharāja 1, Mahāmaņdaleśvara of the Caulukya King Kaņadeva is dated the 11th day of the bright half of the month Mārgaśīrșa, S.E. 996. This grant is incomplete. Another copper-plate grant dated in the Vikrama era has been found along with this grant. The latter is dated one month earlier than this grant. The date corresponds to Tuesday, 2nd Dec., 1074 A.C. or thereabout.
(vi) The Sanjan plates of King Trivikramapāla 2, son of King Trilocanapala of Lāța, are dated the 6th lunar day of the bright half of the month Śrāvana, Ś.E. 999. The date corresponds to Saturday, 29th July, 1077 A.C.
Of the six dates mentioned above, two afford some clue for the system of the months followed therein. The years of the Saka era were (and are) invariably Caitrādi. The dates nos. ii and iii fall in the dark half of the lunar month. Both the dates mark solar eclipses and on referring to the tables, it is found that the solar eclipses took place on the specified days only if the months mentioned in the dates be taken to be Amānta. The mention of the week-day in the date ii. corroborates this inference.
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