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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(SEPTEMBER, 1888.
Swa-Kubita.
Wa'amma ta'rikh Balba and [Gupta). ............ And as regards the era of (Valabhi] (wa-huwa sahib madinat Balbah w a-hiya jana biyah 'an
and he lord of the city of [Valabha) and it south from madinat 'Anhlwarah bi-karib min t halathin jozhan fa-'inna. the city of (Aộbilvada] by near to thirty [yojana] behold
'auwala hu m uta'akhkhir 'an ta'rikh Shk b i-mi'atain the first of its posterior to the era of Saka] by two hundred wa-ihdå wa-'arba'in sanah. Wa-musta'milu-hu y ada'ûn . Shg-kal and one and forty years. And the nisers of it put down [Saka)-era Swa-yankuşun min-hu majmů mukaab 'as-sittah wa-murabba 1 and lessen from it the sum of the cube of six and the square of cal-khamsah fa-yabka ta'rikh Balba. Wa-khabaru-bu 'atin 1 five and remains the era of [Valabhi). And his history is coming
ftmandi'i-hi. Ws-'ammẢ Gabt-kal fa-kand kama kila 1 in its place. And as regards (Gupta)-era they were as is said
kanman ,' 'Ashråran 'aķwiya'a fa-lammâ inkarada 'arrikha La people wicked
strong and so after they perished it was dated bi-him. Wa-ka-'anna Blb k ận 'akhira-hum. Fa’inna by them. And as if that [Valabhi] was the last of them. And behold 'auwala ta'rikbi-him 'aidan muta'akhkhir 'an Shg-kal the first of their era also
posterior to [Saka]-era 5 241. Wa-ta'rikh al-munajjimin
yata'akhkhar fan Shg-kal 1241. And the era of the astronomers is posterior to [Saka]-era 587 Wa-'alai-hi b uniya zij
Kndkatk l i-Brhmgûpt 1 587 and on it is built the canon [Khandakataka! by (Brahmagupta] Swa-huwa 'al-ma'ruf
'inda-na
bi'l-Arknd. 1 and it the known with us (chez-nous) by (the name of) Al-Arkand. (Fi-'idhan
sina ta'rikh Shri-Harish
l i-sanati-nâ And so then the years of the era of
(Sri-Harsha)
to our year 'al-mumaththal bi-hâ 1 488 wa-ta'rikh . Bkrmidt
1088 that is used as an example 1488 and the era of [Vikramaditya) 1088
wa-Shg.kAl3953WA-ta'rikh Balbe 'alladhf huwa 'aidan and (Saka)-ora 9 83 and the era of (Valabhi] which it also s Gabita-kil712. [Gupta)-era 712.
TRANSLATION " And for this reason they have given them up, and have adopted the era of Sri-Harsha, Vikramaditya, Saka, Valabhi, and the Gaptas............. And as regards the era of Valabhi, who was the ruler of the city of Valabhi, which was south of the city of Apbilvåda by nearly thirty yojanas, --its beginning was later than the Saka era by two hundred and forty-one years. Those who use it put down the year of the Saka era, and subtract from it the
1. tbe eras of the BbArata war and of the Kaliyaga, been abandoned boonuse of the very large numbers in and certain other methods of reckoning time, just pre volved in the use of them. viously detailed by Albertini, who states that they had
