Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c18.27

c18.27

In my attempt to fix the date of the Gupta era I overlooked a very important inscription of Silâditya V., the father of Dhrûva-bhatta of Balabhi. This inscription is dated in S. 441, while the son’s inscription is only six years later. Supposing its dates to be recorded in the Gupta era, then Silâditya V. would have been reigning in 166+441=607 A. D., and his death may be placed about A.D. 610, or three years before the date of his son’s inscription in S. 447, or A.D. 613. Now Silâditya V. was the tenth generation of the Balabhi kings, and if we place the foundation of the Balabhi monarchy in A.D. 319, the ten generations will have reigned from A.D. 318 to 610, or for 292 years, which gives an average of 29 1/4 years to each generation. During this period there were 18 reigns, which give an average of nearly 16 1/4 years to each reign.