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NOVEMBER, 1891.)
THE GUPTA VALABHI ERA.
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Thus:
A. -- The date in the year 165 current, in the month Ashâdha, the equivalent of which lies in June, A. D. 484, falls in Saka-Samvat 242 + 165 = 407 current, = the period from the 14th March, A. D. 484, to the 2nd March, A. D. 485.
B. - The date in the year 163 current, in the month Chaitra, and in the Maha-Asvayuja sainvatsara which was current from the 5th April, A. D. 481, to the 11th May, A. D. 482, falls in Saka-Samvat 242 + 163 = 405 current, = the period from the 6th March, A. D. 482, to the 22nd February, A.D. 483.
C. -The date in the year 191 current, in the month Mágba, and in the Mahá-Chaitra saritvatsara which was current from the 29th September, A. D. 510, to the 28th October, A. D. 511, falls in Saka-Samvat 242 + 191 = 433 corrent, the period from the 25th February, A.D. 510, to the 15th March, A.D. 511.
II.- The Era as used in Nepal. D. — The year is a current year, answering most probably to precisely the equations given above.
Thus:
D. - The date in the year 386 current, in the month Jyêshtba, the equivalent of which lies in April, A. D. 705, falls in Saka-Samyat 242 + 386 = 628 current, = the period from the 1st March, A. D. 705, to the 20th March, A. D. 706.
III. - The Valabhi Era of Kathiawad and the Neighbouring Parts. E., G. (with the correction of some, and the result of Monday, 19th Febuary, A. D. 1246), and H. - The years are current years, answering to the equations, -
(1) for the first current year, Kärttikadi-Valabhi-Sarivat 1 current = southern VikramaSamvat 377 current, = the period from the 1st October, A. D. 319, to the 18th October, A. D. 320;
(2) for the epoch or year 0, Karttikadi-Valabhi-Samvat 0 = southern Vikrama-Samvat 376 current, = the period from the 11th October, A. D. 318, to the 30th September, A. D. 319.
E. - The date in the year 33 surrent, in the second month Mårgasirsba, the equivalent of which month is November December, A. D. 648, falls in southern Vikrama-Samvat 376 + 330 = 706 current, = the period from the 24th September, A. D. 648, to the 12th October, A. D. 649.
F. - [Here, all that can be done is to select an eclipse in Valabki-Samvat 585 expired or 586 current, which shall answer to the same equations. It must be found in southern VikramaSamvat 376 + 586 = 962 current, = the period from the 13th October, A. D. 904, to the 2rd October, A. D. 905. And the eclipse which I have now selected is that of the 10th November, A. D. 904, because it occurred before the date, in the same year, on which the charter W88 written, and is therefore.to be preferred to the previously chosen eclipse of the 7th May, A. D. 905, which occurred later on in the same Valabhi and Vikrama year.]
G. - The date in the year 927 current, in the month Pbálguna, the equivalent of which is in February, A. D. 1246, falls in southern Vikrama-Samvat 376 + 927 = 1303 current, = the period from the 23rd October, A. D. 1245, to the 12th October, A. D. 12 46.
1.- The date in the year 945 current, in the month Åshadba, the equivalent of which lies in May, A. D. 1264, falls in southern Vikrama-Samvat 376 + $45 = 1321 current, = the period from the 5th October, A. D. 1263, to the 22nd October, A. D. 1264.
. See note 8 abo.c.
