Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c20.1

c20.1

THE initial point of the *Balabhi-kál*, or era of Balabhi, is fixed by the account of Abu Rihân, as well as by the other dates recorded in Tod’s inscription, to the year 319 A.D. According to the former, it was 241 years posterior to the Sâka, or 78 + 241 = 319 A.D. According to the inscription, Sunday the 13th Ashâdha-Badi of the year 945 of *Sri-mad Balabhi*, fell in the year 662 of Muhammad, 1320 of Vikrama, and 151 of the *Siva Singha Samvat*.[*] The first year of the Balabhi era was fixed by Tod by deducting 975 from 1320, which gives 375 of the Vikrama Samvat as the year 1 of the Balabhi Samvat. Then, deducting 56 from 375, he obtained 319 A.D. as the equivalent in the Christian era.