Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c29.5

c29.5

In the account quoted above from Abul Fazl, which Prinsep has also copied, the lengths of the months are said to be “from 29 to 30 days each;” but in the old Persian Calendar of Yazdajird, they were 30 days each, the same as amongst the Parsis of the present day. The names of the twelve months, all of which are found on the coins, are as follows:—