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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[JUNE, 1890.
Sankranti, which occurred at about 51 gh. 40 p. on Friday, 23rd September.
Saka-Samvat 631 current; Asvayuja sukla 15 ended at about 29 gh. 46 p. on Thursday, 4th October, A. D. 708, eleven days after the TulaSankranti, which occurred at about 7 gh. 15 p. on Sunday, 23rd September.
Baka-Samvat 682 current; Åsvayuja sukla 16 ended on Monday, 23rd September, A. D. 709, at about 34 gh. 50 p.; and the TulaSamkranti occurred on the same day, at about 22 gh. 45 p., while the full-moon tithi was current.
Accordingly, the English equivalent of the date of this record is clearly Monday, 23rd September, A. D. 709. And this appears to fix the accession of Vijayaditya as having taken place in A. D. 597,- in the month Bråvaņs of Baka-samvat 620 current; that month being at any rate counted as the first month of the first year of his reign.
It must here be noted, however, that, just as the regnal years of his father and predecessor Vinayaditya, quoted with specific years of the Saks era, exhibit discrepancies which at present cannot be explained (see page 148 above), so also the above initial date apparently does not satisfy the requirement of Vijayaditya's other records. Thus :
A. –The full-moon of Jyoshtha of Saka-Samvat 622 current (621 expired) is placed in his third current year (ante, Vol. X. p. 60, No. 83, line 5 ff.). But, to be in accordance with the result arrived at above, it should apparently be placed in his second year.
B. - The full-moon of Aghadha of SakaSainvat 623 current (622 expired) is placed in his fourth current year (ante, Vol. IX. p. 128, line 30 ff.). But, in the same way, it should apparently be placed in his third current year.
0.- Saka-Samvat 628 current (627 expired) is coupled with his tenth current year (ante, Vol. IX. p. 131, line 29 f.). Here, there is no specifica. tion of the month and tithi. But apparently the months Chaitra to Ashadha of the current Saka year in question, should be coupled with his eighth year; and the subsequent months, Sravana to Phålguna, with his ninth year.
D. - The full-moon of PhAlguna of Saka- Samvat 652 current (651 expired) is placed in his thirty-fourth current year (ante, Vol. VII. p. 112). But apparently it should be placed in his thirty- third year.
Of these, the date D. may, or may not, be genuine and accurate; as the record which contains it, was only copied on a stone, at Lakshméshwar, at a later time, in or about the tenth century A. D.
Bat there are no apparent reasons for question. ing the authenticity of the other dates.
A. and B. of course are in accordance with each other. But they can be brought into accordance with the Athole date, only if we assume that, whatever may have been the actual day of his accession, the first year of Vijayaditya's reign ended with the purnimanta Chaitra new-moon at the end of the same Saka year; and that his second year was taken as commencing, with the next Saka year, on Chaitra sukla 1, - not with the actual anniversary day of his accession. But this does not account for C.; for, his second year coinciding, on that assumption, with Saka-Samvat 821 current, Saka-Samvat 628 current would coincide with his ninth year, -- not with the tenth. Nor does it account for D.; for, the month Phålguna of Saka-Samvat 620 current would still lie in his first year; and the Phålguna of Saka Samvat 652 current, still in his thirty-third year. Moreover, if his second year was made to commence with Chaitra, there is no reason why, in the Aihole record, in his thirteenth year the months should again be numbered from Srivana, and Aévayaja should be called the third month, instead of the seventh.
All the dates can be reconciled only by assuming that, in the Aihole record, the thir. teenth year is a mistake for the fourteenth. On this assumption, his accession took place in the month Sravaņa of Saka-Samvat 619 current. And then
A. - The month Jyêshtha of Saka-Sarvat 622 current, would fall naturally in his third year.
B. - The month ÅsbAdha of Saka-Samvat 623 current, would fall naturally in his fourth year.
c. - Any date from the purnimanta Srávang krishna 1 to the purnimdnta Chaitra new-moon of Saka-Samvat 628 current, would lie naturally in his tenth year
D. - The month Phálguna of Saka-Samvat 652 current, would fall naturally in his thirty-fourth year.
This, however, is not a very satisfactory way of explaining away the difficulty. At present, I can only draw attention to it, without proposing a final solution of it.
J. F. FLEET.
