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i.e. " on Tuesday, the 5th of the bright half of tithi of the bright half ended about 22 h. Sravana in the Ashadhadi (Vikrama) year 1534, 37 m. after meart sunrise." here, at the place Kadanapura, in the reign of The true day, therefore, clearly is Tuesday, and victory of the Sultan, the illustrious Mahmud." April, A.D. 1527, and the date proves that the
Calculating, again, for Srivapa sukla 5 of the bright half of Vaisakha of the Ashadhadi year is ordinary northern and southern Vikrama years, also the bright half of the same month of the we obtain the following results :
same southern year. , for the northern year 1534, current, - Friday, 4.-On page VII. of the Notes, Corrections and 26th July, A.D. 1476;
Additions to his Report on the Search for Sanskrit for the northern year 1584, expired, MSS. for 1883-84, Professor Bhandarkar has
or the southern year 1534, current, - given the date of a MS. of a commentary on the Tuesday, 15th July, A.D. 1477, when the Sobhana-stutayah, evidently also written in Gujafifth tithi of the bright half ended about råt, thus:7 h. 43 m. after mean sunrise;
samvat 16 Åshadha vadi 99 varshê Phálgunafor the southern year 1534 expired, in which Srl. vadi 11 tithan Soma-dine. vana was intercalary,
Here the words Ashadha radi, of course, are for the first Sravana, - Saturday, 4th July, meaningless; and there can be no doubt that the A.D. 1478;
writer, who was not copying from another MS., for the second Sravana, Monday, 3rd but wished to give the date on which he finished August, A.D. 1478.
his own copy, meant to write or, and this appears Of these, Tuesday, 15th July, A.D. 1477, is more probable, actually has written clearly the day intended by the date; and since samvat 16 Åshadhadi 99 varshê, - Indian dates, as a rule, are recorded in expired i.e." in the Ashadhadi (Vikrama) year 1699, on years, we are justified in assuming that the year the 11th lunar day of the dark half of Phålguna, 1534 of the date was the expired Ashddhddi year, on a Monday." And calculating, again, for and that the bright half of Sravana of this Asha. Phålguna krishna 11 of the ordinary (northern or dhddi year was also the bright half of the same southern) Vikrama years, and for both the parni. month of the same northern year.
manta and the amanta schemes of the lunar 3.- According to Professor Weber's Catalogue fortnights, I obtain the following results :of the Berlin MSS., Vol. I., page 69, a manuscript for Vikrama 1699 current, of the Tandyabrahmana, which was evidently purnimdnta - Tuesday, 15th February, written in Gujarat, is dated : -
A.D. 1642; svasti samvat Ashaşhadi 83 varshê Vaisa. amanta - Wednesday, 16th March, shakha)-sita-dviti ya Jyam Bhumi.
A.D. 1642; taneye ....
for Vikrama 1699 expired, i.e., apparently, "on Tuesday, the second lunar púrximanta - Sunday, 5th February, day of the bright half of Vaisakha in the Asha
A.D. 1643; dhddi (Vikrama) year 88."
amants - Monday, 6th March, A.D. 1643, Here the figures for the century have, either
when the 11th tithi of the dark half purposely or negligently, been omitted; but,
ended 10 h. 55 m. after mean sunrise. learning from Professor Weber that the MS. is The true day, therefore, clearly is Monday, an old one, and "may well have been written about sth March, A.D. 1848, and the date proves that samvat 1583," I feel no hesitation in saying that the arrangement of the lunar fortnights of this the year of the date is 1583, and that the copyist, Ashadhadi year was the amanta arrangement of similarly to what we have seen in the preceding the ordinary southern Vikrama year. date, intended to write or should have written
As regards the above dates in general, it may "gavat 15 ÅshidhAdi 83 varshê." And calculat- be noted that out of several hundreds of Vikrama ing for Vaisakha fukla 2 of the ordinary northern dates in inscriptions and MSS. which I have and southern years, I find the following yuiva- examined, they are the only dates hitherto dig. lents:
covered which mention the Ashddhddi year; that for the northern year 1583, current, - Monday, they are all from Gujarat, and that three of 24th April, A.D. 1525;
them belong to about the same time (Vikrama for the northern year 1583, expired,
1534, 1555, and 1583). Moreover, attention deor the southern year 1583, current, serves to be drawn to the peculiar manner in Friday, 13th April, A.D. 1526;
which the year of the date is expressed in the for the southern year 1688, expired, Tues second, third and fourth dates, and in line 9 of the
day, 2nd April, A.D. 1527, when the second first date, by separating the figures for the century
