Epigraphia Indica Vol 31

Author(s): Hirananda Shastri
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India

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Title Page.--For 1949-50 read 1949-1950
Page 338, line 26.--For bhave read bhavēt
338, line 30.-For eight read eighth
338, line 31.-Read-Harikēlā, Harikēla or Harikēli in the Sylhet region; but he appears
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1, line 6.-For west of read east of
1, lines 25-26.-Add note-Mr. M. R. Gupta quotes the weight of the Belwa plate of Mahipala as 13 lbs. (JAS, Letters, Vol. XVII, p. 117).
8, text line 47.-For bhavibhis-cha read bhāvibhir-api
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3, line 11.-Add editorial note-The discrepancy of one year in the epochs of the Bhatika era suggested by the two inscriptions respectively in the Vishnu and Siva temples at Jaisalmer, viz. 624-25 A. D. and 623-24 A. D., cannot be reconciled, as suggested by Prof. Mirashi, by supposing that the second date is recorded in a current year and the first in an expired year. The language of the inscriptions in question (cf. Bhandarkar's List, Nos. 775 and 962) shows clearly that the Bhatika years mentioned in both the epigraphs were current only. The year of the first inscription is Bhatike Samvat 812 pravartamāne and that of the second record Pravarttamana-Bhāṭika 993. Besides the two inscriptions dated in the Bhātika era, referred to by Prof. Mirashi, nearly a dozen other inscriptions bearing dates in the same era, all found at Jaisalmer and its immediate neighbourhood, have been noticed in the Annual Report of the Rajputana Museum, Ajmer, for the year ending 31st March 1936; cf. An. Rep. Arch. Surv. Ind., 1935-36, p. 111; IHQ, Vol. XXXV, pp. 65 ff. It is interesting to note that 624-25 A. D. as the beginning of the Bhātika era suits some of these inscriptions while others suggest 623-24 A. D. The earliest date supplied by these inscriptions is Bhātika Samvat 539, Bhadrapada sudi 10, Sunday (corresponding to the 11th August 1163 A. D.) found in an inscription on a Govardhana about 10 miles from Jaisalmer. The era seems to have been a solarised modification of the Hijri, the first year of which corresponds to 622-23 A. D.-V. S. 679-80. It appears that the Bhati kings of Jaisalmer fabricated this reckoning about the 12th century by subtracting about 680 from the V. S.
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