Chronological Systems of Gujarat

Author(s): Bharati K Shelat
Publisher: Pranav Shelat

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THE CHRONOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF GUJARAT
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The above results may be summed up as follows : Month Valabhi Saka Differ- Vikarma Differ- Christian Diffreyearr yea ence year e nce year nce
(Kārttikādi) Mārgasira 330 570 240 705 375
318 Paușa 357 597 240 732 375 675 318 Vaišākha 254 495 241 629 375 573 319 Aşādha 343 584 241 718 375 662 319
These results when taken together clearly show that the Valabhī years were Kārttikādi like the Southern Vikrama years. For the difference of years is one year less in the first few months (from Kārttika to December) than in all the subsequent months of the year.21 As regards the system of months the date of the solar eclipse has already shown that the months of the year are purely Pūrņimānta. This conclusion is also corroborated by the study of the dates of Valabhi era given in the post-Maitraka period. 22
To ascertain whether the years of the Valabhi era were current or expired, it may be observed :
(1) The eclipse dated in the Vaišākha of the (Valabhī) year 254 applies to the expired year (Kārttikādi as well as Caitrādi) and not to the current year (Kārttikādi or Caitrādi)
(2) The intercalation of Mārgasira in the (Valabhī) year 330 tallies according to only the expired (Kārttikādi) year or the current Caitrādi year.
(3) The intercalation of Āsādha in the (Valabhi) year 343 fits in only according to the expired year (Kārttikādi as well as the Caitrādi) 21. [HQ, Vol. XXIV, pp. 239 f. 22. Vide Chapter VI below.