Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c2.21

c2.21

For the Tables of the Seleukidan era, I must crave some indulgence, as the subject is one of much difficulty, partly owing to the meagreness of trustworthy data, and partly to the adoption of the Julian reckoning in the western half of the Syro-Macedonian Empire after its annexation to Rome. As my object is to treat of Indian eras only, I have retained the use of the cycle of Meton with its embolismic months, as I feel quite satisfied that the Julian reckoning was never adopted in the eastern provinces subject to the Bactrian Greeks and Parthians.