Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c21.8

c21.8

There are two copper-plate inscriptions of the family of the Kanauj kings, who reigned from about 750 to 1,000 A.D. The earlier plate is of Mahendra Pâla Deva, the son of Bhoja Deva, whose date I have fixed from several other inscriptions as extending from A.D. 870 to 900. The date of Mahendra’s plate may be read as 315, which, referred to the Sri-Harsha era, would place him in A.D. 921. The later plate is of Sri Vinayaka Pâla Deva, the grandson of Mahendra Pâla. Its date seems to be 386, which would place him in A.D. 992.* Shortly after this, Kanauj was conquered by the Râthors, who introduced the Samvat of Vikramâditya.