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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[DECEMBER, 1889.
Taking the years quoted in the records A.D. 318-19 current, or more precisely, by the without qualification, as current years, we southern Vikrama year, the period 25 from the have obtained the following results ;
| 12th October, A.D. 318, to the 30th September, By the Eran pillar inscription of Buchagupta, A.D. 319; and Gupta-Valabhî-Samvat l car. Gupta-Samvat 165 current = A.D. 484-85 rent = A.D. 319-20 current, or more precisely, current ;16 -
by the southern Vikrama year, the period from By the Parivrâjaka. grants, 156 current = the 1st October, A.D. 319, to the 18th A.D. 475-76 current,16 163 current = A.D. October, A.D. 320. 482-83 current,17 191 current = A.D. 510-11 These two instances, however, are purely current, 18 and 209 carrent = A.D. 528-29 exceptional ones. And, in the case of all current ;10_
dates in the era referable to the true and By the Nepal inscription of Månadeva, 886 original scheme of its years, we have to apply current = A.D. 705-706 current ;30 -
the epoch of A.D. 319-20, and to treat the And by the Verawal inscription of Arjunadêva, years of the era as northern years, commenc945 current = A.D. 1264-65 current. And ing with Chaitra sukla 1. all these equations give the uniform result of The equation between the epoch of the Gupta Valabhi-Samvat 0 =
Gupta-Valabhi era and the Christian era, is not A.D. 319-20 current,
intrinsically dependent on any reference to the or more precisely, by the Saka year, the Saka era, and it could be established directly period22 from the 9th March, A.D. 319, to the by European Tables. In this inquiry, how. 25th February, A. D. 320; and
ever, it has been established through results Gupta-Valabhi-Samvat I current = that have been worked out from Hindu Tables A.D. 320-21 curront,
which are arranged for the Saka era according or more precisely, by the Saka year, the period to expired years; and, in order to use those from the 26th February, A.D. 320, to the 15th Tables, the given Gupta-Valabhî years had to March, A.D. 321.
be converted into expired Saka years. The The results obtained from the Kaira grant process, however, has not converted the given of the year 330 and the Verâ wal inscription of Gupta-Valabhi years themselves into expired Valabhi-Samvat 927, differ slightly from the years. But what has been done has simply above, and are - Gupta-Valabhi-Samvat 330 been, first, by the addition of a uniform current = A.D. 648-49 current, 23 and Valabbi- running difference, to obtain the current Saka Samvat 927 current = A.D. 1245-46 current.24 year corresponding to each given current In these two instances the difference is due to Gupta-Valabhî year; and then, in the usual a local alteration of the true and original way, to take the immediately preceding Saka scheme of the Gupta year; made in such a year as the expired year that is required as the way that each subsequent year commenced basis of the calculation. Thus, the details of with the Karttika sukla 1 immediately preced-l the date in the Eran pillar inscription of Budhaing the true commencement of the year gupta, which really belong to Gupta-Samvat with Chaitra sukla 1. And for these two 165 + 242 = Saka-Samvat 407 current, have dates, and any that may be found hereafter been calculated with the basis of Saka-Samvat to belong to the same class, we have to apply 406 expired; and the details of the other dates the equations of Gupta-Valabhi-Samvat 0= in the same way.
16 I exclude the Bhumard pillar inscription, as proving A.D. 528, to the 24th February, A.D. 529. nothing definite, because the Gupta year is not given in it. * Or, in the same way, the period from the 1st March, 16 Or, more precisely, by the Baka year, as commencing
A.D. 705, to the 20th March, A.D. 706. with Chaitra sukla 1, the period (see Indian Eros, p.
21 Or, in the same way, the period from the 1st March, 159) from the 14th March, A.D. 484, to the 2nd March, A.D. 1264, to the 19th March, A.D. 1265. A D. 485.-The dates given in these notes are quoted as
32 Here I owe the initial and ending dates, which it approrimately correct; they may, or may not be the exact
was desirable to have exactly, tc Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit. dates.
23 Or, more precisely, by the southern Vikrama year, 16 Or, in the same way, the period from the 21st
as commencing with Kirttika enkla 1, the period (see C. February, A.D. 475, to the 11th March, A.D. 476.
Patell's Chronology. P. 122, from the 24th September, 17 Or, in the same way, the period from the 6th March, A.D. 648, to the 12th October, A.D. 649. A.D. 482, to the 22nd February, A.D. 483.
* Or, in the same way, the period from the 23rd Or, in the same way, the period from the 25th October, A.D. 1245, to the 12th October, A.D. 1246. February, A.D. 510, to 15th March, A.D. 511.
20 Here, again, I owe the exact dates to Mr. Sh, B. * Or, in the same way, the pericd from the 8th Marcb, Diksbit.
