Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c13.2

c13.2

Only two inscriptions have yet been found which are dated in this era. The first is contained in the rock edicts of Asoka at Rupnâth and Sahsarâm. The second occurs in an inscribed slab which I found in the Temple of Surya in the city of Gaya. The date of Asoka’s inscription is the year 256, or the 42nd year after the death of his father; his own reign being stated in the chronicles at 4 years + 37 years, or altogether 41 years complete, and 42 current. The second date is 1813 of the Bhagavat Parinirvritte Samvat, or Nirvâna, or Thursday the 1st of Kârtika-badi.