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DECEMBER, 1891.]
THE VIKRAMA ERA.
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V. 1220 (No. 62) Delhi Siwalik pillar.
V. 1215 (No. 32) Girnar, Kathiâvâą. Y. 1222 (No. 63) Udaypur, Gwalior.
V. 1216 (No. 33) Alha-ghat, Central India. V. 1224 (No. 64) Mahoba, Bundelkhand.
V. 1252 (No. 38) Batesvar, N. W. Provinces. V. 1225 (No. 126) Phulwariya, Bilar (P).
V. 1310 (No. 41) Kalañjar, Bundelkhand. V. 1225 (No. 135) Jaunpur, N. W. Provinces. V. 1333 (No. 42) Jaunpur, N. W. Provinces. V. 1225 (No. 143) Tarachåndi, Bihår.
V. 1390 (No. 116) Kevati-kund,' Bundelkhand. V. 1240 (No. 67) Kalafijar, Bundelkhand.
V. 1439 (No. 43) Machadi, Northern Rajputana. V. 1240 (No. 127) Mahoba, Bundelkhand.
V. 1445 (No. 44) 'Boram Deo, Central Provinces. V. 1243 (No. 68) Ajaygadh, Bundelkhand. V. 1181 (No. 45) Déogadh, Gwilior. V. 1253 (No. 70) Belkhara, N. W. Provinces. V. 1496 (No. 46) Umgi, Bihår. V. 1265 (No. 72) Mount Aba, Southera Rajputând. V. 1553 (No. 124) Kaira, Gujarat. V. 1318 (No. 128) Jhansi, N. W. Provinces.
V. 1581 (No. 117) Delhi, Panjab. V. 1320 (No. 129) Verával, KathiAvåd. -
V. 1717 (No. 119) Chamba, Panjab. V. 1390 (No. 141) Chunar, N. W. Provinces.
V. 1874 (No. 56) Nepal. V. 1500 (No. 73) Mahuva, Baroda.
V. 1874 (No. 120) Nepal. V. 1516 (No. 74) Gaya, Bihar.
V. 1874 (No. 121) Nepal.
The Parnimanta and Amanta Sohomes. Proceeding as before, and omitting as doubtful whether they should be considered as párnimanta or amanta the dates under B. 2, a and f, and the dates No. 110 and No. 111 under B. 2, 6, I find that of 61 dates 37 may be regarded as parnimanta and 24 as amántu dates; and that the numbers of either kind of dates were:
up to V. 1200: 5 pilrnimanta; 2 anunta;
V. 1300 : 14 , V. 1400 : 21
15 , V. 1500: 24
; 17 . V. 1600: 28
» ; 22 . V. 1877: 37 » ; 24 , . Accordingly, the percentage of putrnimúnta dates up to V. 1200 was about 71, between V. 1200 and 1400 about 55, between V. 1400 and 1600 about 50, und between V. 1600 and 1877 about 82. This may be taken to show that in early times the parmimanta scheme of the lunar months was more commonly followed in connection with the Vikrama era than the améntu scheme, that afterwards the amanta scheme has been gaining considerably on the purnimanta scheme, and that a change in favour of a more general employment of the purnimánta scheme has again taken place in quite modern times.
Of the 61 dates to which these remarks refer, 20 can be shown to be antes in southern (Kerttiladi) and 13 in northern (Chaitrádi) expired years. Of the former, 10 are amánta, and undoubtedly and two others most probably půrnimánta dates; of the latter, 10 are primanta, and 3 amánta dates. These figures show that, while the southern (Kárttiludi) year has been joined with the parniminta as often as with the anánta scheme, the northern (Chaitrát) year is more commonly joined with the piirnimánta scheme only; and they prove with certainty that neither scheme of the lunar months is necessarily and exclusivoly connected with either the southern (Karttikadi) or the northern (Chaitradi) year.
Locality and Names of the Era. In order to ascertain where the era has been principally used and what names have been applied to it, it will probably be considered sufficient to examine the first 200 dates in the chronological list which I have given above, pp. 125 to 142, down to about A. D. 1300. The more recent dates are naturally of loss importance and many of them are from MSS. and literary works regarding the locality of which I possess ao exact information. Such is the case, tou, with a few of the earlier datos, chiefly dates taken from MSS., which therefore will also be omitted in the following.
