[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) › c15.2 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c15.2 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c15.2 - **Language:** English ### [c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c15.2) This era is said to have been established by Vikrâmâditya, a king of Ujain, to commemorate his victory over the Sakas. The earliest date yet found in any inscription, with the name of Vikrâmâditya attached to it, is one of Raja Jâika, whose name is already well known from the Morbi inscription bearing the date of 585 of the Gupta era. In this new inscription the date, as read by Pandit Bhagwân Lâl, is thus expressed: - [Previous: c15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c15.1) - [Next: c15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c15.3) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c15.2) · Pramāṇa