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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY,
A JOURNAL OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH.
VOLUME XXIV. — 1895.
ON THE DATES OF THE SAKA ERA IN INSCRIPTIONS. BY PROFESSOR F. KIELHORN, C. 1. E.; GÖTTINGEN,
(Continued from Vol. XXIII. page 184.) II. - IRREGULAR DATES.
1. - Dates with Current Tithis.
(a). - Dates with Uttarayana-samkrantis. 123. - 8. 1104. - Inscr. at Sravana Belgola, No. 124, p. 94. Date of a grant of the Hoysala Viraballala: -
Saka-varshada Syirada nûra nAlkeneys Plava-samvatsarada Paushya-bahula-tadige 8u(su)kravárad uttarayaņa-sankrantiy-endu.
In S. 1104 current, which by the southern luni-solar system was Plava, the Uttarayana-samkranti took place 6 h. 9 m. after mean sunrise of Friday, 25th December, A. D. 1181, during the third tithi of the dark half, which commenced 0 h. 30 m. after mean sunrise of the same day, and ended 2 h. 8 m, after mean sunrise of the following day.
124. - $. 1182.- Jour. Roy. As. Soc., 0. S., Vol. V. p. 177; Jour. Bo. As. Soc. Vol. IV. p. 105. Terwan copper-plate inscription of Kâmvadêvarêya of Kalyâņa : -
Sri-Saku 1182 varshe Raudra-samvatsarê | Pashya-vadi saptami(mi) Sa(na)ni-dind ... uttarayana-samkranti-parvani...
In S. 1182 expired, which by the southern luni-solar system was Raudra, the Uttara. yana-samkranti took place 16 h. 45 m. after mean sunrise of Saturday, 25th December, A. D. 1260, during the 7th tithi of the dark half, which commenced on the same day, 13 h. 19 m., and ended on the following day, 12 h. 28 m. after mean sunrise.
125.-8. 1448.- As. Res. Vol. III. p. 49. Kanchipura copper-plate inscription of K pishộaraya of Vijayanagara :
One thousand four hundred and forty-eight years of the Sacábda ... being elapsed; ... in the year Vyaya, in the month of Pushya, when the sun was entering Macára, in the dark fortnight, on the day of Bhrigy, and on that venerable tithi, the tenth of the moon; ... under the constellation of Visakha.'
1 of these dates the following have been already examined by Dr. Fleet: Nos, 127, 128, 150, 155, 157, 100, 165-168, 170, 172, 178-180, 184, 188, 193 and 194. Other irregular dates will be marked as such in my chronological list, below.
* Compare also Nos. 143 and 151, below.
