[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) › c18.21 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c18.21 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c18.21 - **Language:** English ### [c18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c18.21) The result of this examination is that there are only two possible dates for the commencement of the Gupta era, which fulfill the conditions of the two tests which I have applied,—namely, A.D. 167 and A.D. 262. We have accordingly to choose between these two dates that which agrees best with some of the other conditions. - [Previous: c18.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c18.20) - [Next: c18.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c18.22) - [Up: c18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c18) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c18.21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c18.21) · Pramāṇa