Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c26.6

c26.6

1. The earliest mention of the era is by Colebrooke, who speaks of “Lakshmana Sena as a renowned monarch who gave his name to an era of which 692 years are expired.”* The Preface containing this statement is dated 17th December 1796 : the year in which this era established must have been A.D. 1104, and A.D. 1105 would have been the year 1 expired.