[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) › c26.6 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c26.6 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c26.6 - **Language:** English ### [c26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.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. - [Previous: c26.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.5) - [Next: c26.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.7) - [Up: c26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26.6) · Pramāṇa