[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) › c26.36 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c26.36 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c26.36 - **Language:** English ### [c26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.36) The differences are not very great; but in dealing with the establishment of an era, the strictest accuracy is imperatively necessary. What may be the cause of these differences I can only guess at. I notice that Buchanan refers the beginning of the year to the full moon of Ashâdha.\[\*\] But I was informed in Tirhut that the Lakshmana Samvat begins with 1st Mâgha-Badi, while both the Vikrama and Saka years begin with the 1st Chaitra-Sudi. Babu Râjendra also states that the Lakshmana year is a luni-solar one, “commencing from the 1st of the month of Mâgha,” that is, \*Mâgh-Badi\* 1, or middle of January. - [Previous: c26.35](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.35) - [Next: c26.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.37) - [Up: c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.36) · Pramāṇa