This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... to 209 of the Gupta era, there was no name of the Jovian Cycle omitted. As this fact seemed to me to offer a ready means of obtaining an approximate date for the beginning of the Guptakal, I drew up a Table showing the names of all the years of the 12-year cycle from the beginning of the Christian era down to the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... to 209 of the Gupta era, there was no name of the Jovian Cycle omitted. As this fact seemed to me to offer a ready means of obtaining an approximate date for the beginning of the Guptakal, I drew up a Table showing the names of all the years of the 12-year cycle from the beginning of the Christian era down to the present day. Now as there was no omitted name between the years 156 and 209 of the Gupta era, or for a period of 54 years, the first date of Maha Vaisakha, or Gupta-kal 156, must lie within the period of 32 years (86--54) succeeding one of the omitted names. On referring to the General Table, where the names of the years of the 12-year cycle are all given, it will be seen that the date of 156 Gupta-kal must, therefore, lie within some one of the following periods: 1.--A.D. 225 to 257, or 225 + 32. 2.--A.D. 310 to 342, or 310 + 32. 3.--A.D. 395 to 427, or 395 + 32. In the first period the only dates on which Maha Vaisakha falls are three, namely, A.D. 227, 239, 251. But as these dates would place the beginning of the Gupta era in A.D. 73, 81, or 95, they may be given up as too early. In the second period the dates of Maha Vaisakha are A.D. 310,322, 334. If 310 be taken as 156 of the Gupta-kal, then the year 1 will fall in 310--155--155 A.D. This would place the date of Budha Gupta's Pillar in 154 + 165 = 319 A.D., but as the week day of 12th Ashadha-Sudi in Budha Gupta's inscription fell on a Tuesday in that year, and not on a Thursday as required, that date must be given up. If the middle number 322 be taken as 156 of the Gupta-kal, then the year 1 will fall in 322-155 = 167 A.D., and the date of Budha Gupta's Pillar in 166 + 165 = 331 A.D., in which year the 12th of Ashadha-Sudi did fall on a Thursday. Budha Gupta's inscription on the Pillar at E...
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Add this copy of Book of Indian Eras, With Tables for Calculating Indian to cart. $29.00, very good condition, Sold by Clausen Books, RMABA rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Colorado Springs, CO, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Indological Book House Antiquarian Booksellers & Publishers.
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1970, Indological Book House Antiquarian Booksellers & Publishers
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Indological Book House Antiquarian Booksellers & Publishers
Published:
1970
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English
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Tables and Diagrams. Very Good in Good (in mylar) jacket. Hardcover. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Lightly bubbled endpapers. Smudge on page 209, otherwise clean and tight. Rubbed, unclipped dust jacket with chips and closed-tears. 227pp.
