Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c18.14

c18.14

In the second group of 85 years from A.D. 395 to 480, the only dates on which Mahâ Vaisâkha falls within the limit of 54 years preceding 480, are the two years 405 and 417 A.D., from which, deducting 155, we get the years 250 and 262 as two new starting points for the Gupta era.