Book Title: Indian Antiquary Vol 19
Author(s): John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

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________________ NOVEMBER, 1890.) THE VIKRAMA ERA. 357 v. 1404 expired: By the Tables the 14th tithi of the bright half commenced 1 h. 4 m. before mean sunrise of Thursday, 18 October, A. D 1347, and ended 0 h. 45 m. after mean sunrise of Friday, 19 October. I have no doubt that Thursday, 18 October, A. D. 1347, which according to the Tables was wholly occupied by the 14th tithi, is the proper equivalent of the date ; but by the Siddhantas, for which I have made the walculations, the 14th tithi in every case ended shortly after mean sunrise of the following day. (b). - Dates of whioh the reading is, or may appear to be, doubtful. 160. – V. 1181. - Jour. Beng. As. Soc., Vol. LVI. Part I. p. 115, and Plate vii. Copperplate inscription of Gôvindachandradeva of Kanauj: (Line 16)... samvat 1181 Bhadrapada-sudi [4 ?] Gurau ady=éha (Várâ]nasya[m] Gangâyẩm ... This date has been already treated by me, ante, Vol. XVIII. p. 58. I have there stated that it is doubtful whether the figure after the word sudi is 3 or 4 ; that, if it be 3, the corresponding day, for northern v. 1181 expired, is Thursday, 14 August, A. D. 1124, when the third tithi of the bright half ended 6 h. 43 m. after mean sunrise ; and that, if it be 4, the corresponding day is the same, but that, in that case, the day was coupled with the (fourth) tithi which commenced on it. 161.- (V. 1220 P]. - ante, Vol. XVIII. p. 343. Stone inscription at Udaypur in Gwalior, .. of the reign of the Chaulakya Kumâra påladóva: - (Line 1).... sha-sudi 15 Gurgu | (Line 11)..... smagrahana-parvvani ... I have attempted to shew, ante, Vol. XVIII. p. 342, that the fall date, at the commence. ment of line 1, was - Samvat 1220 vars hê Pansha-sudi 15 Gurau ; and that the corresponding day, for V. 1220 expired, is Thursday, 12 December, A. D. 1163, when there was & partial lunar eclipse, visible in India, 13 h. 23 m. Greenwich time, or, at · Ujjain, 12 h. 26 m. after mean sunrise. 162.- IV. 1227 PJ.-In Archæol. Suro. of India, Vol. XXI. Plate xii. B., Sir A. Cunningham has given a photo-lithograph of a stone inscription at Ajnygadh, the date of which, ib. p. 49, he transcribes thus : (Line 1)... Samvat 1237 Ashadha-endi 2 Somo Jayapuradurgiya- ... Sapposing this reading to be correct, the possible equivalents of the date would be - Northern V. 1237 current: Friday, 8 June, A. D. 1179. In northern V. 1237 expired Åshadha was intercalary : for, the solar Ashadha lasted from 25 May, 16 h. 2 m., to 26 June, 6 h. 41 m., A. D. 1180, and there were new-moons on 26 May, 6 h. 44 m., and on 24 June, 19 h. 25 m, after mean sunrise. The 2nd of the bright half of the first Aghadha was Wednesday, 28 May, A. D. 1180; and of the second Ashâdha, Thursday, 26 June, A. D. 1180. Southern V. 1237 expired: Tuesday, 16 Jane, A. D. 1181; the second tithi of the bright half ended 2 h. 16 m. after mean sunrise. None of these equivalents satisfies the requirements of the date, and the date would therefore appear to be irregular. But, in the photo-lithograph, the third figure of the year of the date, in my opinion, is much more similar to 2 than it is to 3, and taking the year of the date to be 1227, I find that Ashadha-sudi 2 of southern V. 1227 expired, corresponds to Monday, 7 Juce, A. D. 1171, when the second tithi of the bright half ended 11 h. 12 m. after mean sunrise. (Sir A. Canningham, loc. cit. p. 50, concludes “that 8ômé, or Monday, was a mistake of the writer for Saumyć, or Wednesday.")

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