[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) › c1 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c1: Front matter Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c1 - **Language:** English ### Front matter ### [c1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c1.1) BOOK OF INDIAN ERAS. ### [c1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c1.3) BOOK OF INDIAN ERAS, WITH TABLES FOR CALCULATING INDIAN DATES. BY ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, C.S.I., C.I.E., MAJOR-GENERAL, ROYAL ENGINEERS (BENGAL). ### [c1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c1.4) Every nation forms an era from some remarkable event, such as a change in religion, the accession of one family to the throne, upon the extinction or expulsion of another, a great earthquake or a flood.—ABUL-FAZL. ### [c1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c1.5) CALCUTTA: THACKER, SPINK AND CO. --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c1) · Pramāṇa