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# Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c18.10

Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c18.10

- **Language:** English

### [c18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c18.10)

In the second period the dates of Mahâ Vaisâkha are A.D. 310, 322, 334. If 310 be taken as 156 of the Gupta-kâl, 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 Ashâdha-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.\*

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