Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates
Accounts of some thirty Indian eras (Kali, Vikrama, Śaka, Gupta, Harṣa, Kalacuri, Lakṣmaṇasena, Hijrī, etc.) with epochs and conversion tables.
- Language
- English
- Author
- Alexander Cunningham
- Extent
- 789 passages, 55,176 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Calcutta: Thacker, Spink 1883; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Alexander Cunningham †1893); published before 1931:…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 4 parts
- c2 Preface — 55 parts
- c3 Contents — 11 parts
- c4 Errata — 5 parts
- c5 Ancient Indian Modes of Reckoning Time — 21 parts
- c6 I.—Saptârshi-Kâl — 65 parts
- c7 II.—Bârhaspatya-Mâna — 40 parts
- c8 III.—Bârhaspatya-Mâna — 29 parts
- c9 IV.—Kâli-Yuga — 8 parts
- c10 VII.—Nirvâna of Mahâvira — 4 parts
- c11 VIII.—Era of the Seleukidæ — 15 parts
- c12 V.—Cycle of Parasurâma — 4 parts
- c13 VI.—Nirvâna of Buddha — 39 parts
- c14 IX.—Era of Parthia — 4 parts
- c15 X.—Vikramâditya Samvat — 18 parts
- c16 XI.—Graha-Parivrithi Cycle — 1 part
- c17 XII.—Sâka Era — 3 parts
- c18 XIII.—Gupta Era — 37 parts
- c19 XIV.—Chedi, or Kalâchuri-Samvat — 13 parts
- c20 XV.—Era of Balabhi — 4 parts
- c21 XVI.—Sri-Harsha Era — 9 parts
- c22 XVII.—Hijra Era — 32 parts
- c23 XVIII.—The Burmese Common Era — 20 parts
- c24 XIX.—Newar Era — 2 parts
- c25 XX.—Châlukya Era — 4 parts
- c26 XXI.—Era of Lakshmana Sena — 40 parts
- c27 XXII.—Siva-Singha Samvat — 1 part
- c28 XXIII.—Fasli Era of Bengal — 3 parts
- c29 XXIV.—Ilâhi Era — 13 parts
- c30 XXV.—Christian Era — 11 parts
- c31 XXVI.—Saura-Māna — 9 parts
- c32 XXVII.—Chandra-Mâna — 28 parts
- c33 Table I. Christian Calendar — 2 parts
- c34 Table II. Julian Calendar — 18 parts
- c35 Table III. Gregorian Calendar — 5 parts
- c36 Table IV. Number of Days in the Christian Year — 1 part
- c37 Table V. Attic Calendar — 2 parts
- c38 Table VI. Initial Dates — 4 parts
- c39 Table VII. Seleukidan Era — 13 parts
- c40 Table VIII. Number of Days in the Hindu Solar Year — 1 part
- c41 Table IX. Approximate Initial Dates of Hindu Solar Years — 1 part
- c42 Table X. Number of Days in the Hindu Luni-Solar Year — 1 part
- c43 Table XI. Solar Ahargana of Arya-Bhata — 3 parts
- c44 Table XII. Solar Ahargana of Surya-Siddhanta — 3 parts
- c45 Table XIII. Luni-Solar Ahargana.—Surya-Siddhanta — 3 parts
- c46 Table XIV. Lunations — 3 parts
- c47 Table XV. Hijra Calendar — 3 parts
- c48 Table XVI. Hijra Calendar. Initial Days of Hijra Years — 18 parts
- c49 Table XVII. General Table of Corresponding Dates — 97 parts
- c50 Table XVIII. List of Eclipses — 23 parts
- c51 Table XIX. The Dakhini Cycle of Jupiter — 5 parts
- c52 Table XX. Initial Days of Ilahi Years — 2 parts
- c53 Table XXI. The Abjad — 29 parts