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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[NOVEMBER, 1890.
193. - V. 1187. - Jour. Beng. As. Soc., Vol. LVI. Part I. p. 109, and Plate vi. Raiwân copper-plate inscription of Govindachandradêva of Kanauj:
(Line 18)... samvat 1187 Märgga-sudi paurņņi(rņna)masya in tithan Soma-dind 11 ady-tha srimad-Vârâņasya [io] sathkrantau ...
The possible equivalents for Marga-sudi 15 of V. 1187, current and expired, and the days of sankrantis are: -
V. 1187 current: Wednesday, 27 November, A. D. 1129. There was a saskránti on Monday, 25 November, 10 h. 52 m. after mean sunrise.
V. 1187 expired: Monday, 17 November A. D. 1130; the full-moon tithi ended 1 h. 25 m. after mean sunrise. There was a nirayanu sarakránti on Tuesday, 25 November, 17 h. 5 m. after mean sunrise, and a sáyana sankranti on Saturday, 15 November, 20 h. 24 m. after mean sunrise.
Here, again, none of the possible equivalents satisfies all the requirements of the date; and since, as I have shewn (ante, Vol. XVIII. p. 58), the full-moon day of Margaśirsha in all the years from V. 1180 current to V. 1190 expired fell on a Monday only in V. 1187 expired, and never on the day of a sasikránti, I assume that the sankranti has been wrongly put down in the date, and that the proper equivalent of the date is Monday, 17 November, A. D. 1130.
194. - V. 1299. -- ante, Vol. VI. p. 208. Kadi copper-plate inscription of the Chaulukya Tribhuvana pâladêva : -
(Line 14)... Srimad-Vikramadity-otpadita-samvatsara-śatêshu dvadaśasu navanavatyuttarésha Chaitramâsiya-sukla-shashthyâm soma-vard Strâmkatô Spi samvat 1299 varshê Chaitra-budi 6 some. Sayam samvatsara-masa-paksha-vara-purvvikâyam sâ mo lauo Phậganamásiya-amkváśya(sya)yâm samjata-soryyagrahaņa-parvvaņi saņkalpitât tithâv=ady-êba srimad-Anahilla på také ...
This date gives us for calculation Chaitra-sudi 6 of V. 1299, which should be a Monday ; and a solar eclipse on the new-moon day of the month Phâlguna, preceding the previously mentioned Chaitra-sudi 6. For Chaitra-áudi 6 the possible equivalents would be :
Northern V. 1299 current: Wednesday, 20 March, A. D. 1241.
Northern V. 1299 expired: Sunday, 9 March, A. D. 1242, when the 6th tithi of the bright half ended 15 h. 52 m. after mean sunrise.
Southern V. 1299 expired: Saturday, 28 March, A. D. 1243, when the 6th tithi of the bright half ended 9 h. 38 m, after mean sunrise.
None of the three possible years, therefore, yields the desired week-day; nor, I may add, did the 6th tithi of the bright half of Chaitra end on a Monday in the surrounding years, northern V. 1298 current and southern V. 1300 expired, or in southern V. 1301 expired.
As regards the other item of the date, there was no solar eclipse in the month Phâlguna, either púrnimánta or amánta, which immediately preceded the 20th March, A. D. 1241, and the 9th March, A.D. 1242 ; but there was a solar eclipse on the new-moon day of the amanta Phálguna (of V. 1299 expired) immediately preceding the 28th March, A.D. 1243. This eclipse took place on Sunday, 22 March, A. D. 1243, 2 h. 2 m. Greenwich time, or, at Ujjain, 1 h. 5 m, after mean sunrise, and it was not visible in western India.
In my opinion, there can be no doubt that some at least of the recorded details of this date are incorrect; and the probabilities are that the eclipse, although it was not visible, has been rightly quoted, but that either the tithi of Chaitra referred to in the date was really the 8th, or the week-day a Saturday. In the former case the proper equivalent of the date would be Monday, 30 March, A. D. 1243, in the latter, Saturday, 28 March, of the same year.
