[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883) › c13.1 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c13.1 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c13.1 - **Language:** English ### [c13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c13.1) The \*Nirvâna\*, or death of the last Buddha Sâkya Muni, has been in use from a very early date down to the present day. According to the Buddhist Chronicles of Ceylon and Burma, the Nirvâna took place in 544 B.C. But as the inauguration of Asoka is referred to the year 218 after the Nirvâna, it seems probable that there must be an error in the date of the Nirvâna itself to the extent of sixty-six years, as the chronology of the reign of Asoka is now pretty well ascertained. His father’s death took place in the year 214 of the Nirvâna, or B.C. 264, and his inauguration as king four years later, after he had prevailed over his brothers. - [Previous: c12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c12.4) - [Next: c13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c13.2) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c13.1) · Pramāṇa