Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c18.35

c18.35

The published inscription of Jaika, from Morbi, is dated in the year 585 of the Gupta-kâl, or era of the Guptas. It records a grant made on the occasion of a solar eclipse; but the inscription itself is dated on the 5th of Phâlguna-Sudi, which was not therefore the date of the grant, as a solar eclipse can only happen on badi 14th or the last day of the waning moon. According to my calculation of the initial point of the Gupta era, the year 585 will correspond with 585+166 = 751 A.D., in which year there was an eclipse of the sun on the 25th of August.