Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.15

c6.15

According to the astronomers the era of Yudhishthira varied from 600 to 666 years after the beginning of the Kâli-Yuga. But their determinations depend on such groundless assumptions that they can only be looked upon as mere astronomical fancies. Both Parâsara and Aryabhata assume that the revolutions of the Seven Rishis began with the commencement of the Kalpa of 4,320.000,000 years; and that the number of their revolutions in this period was 1.599,998. But they differ slightly in the number of years elapsed before the beginning of the Kâli-Yuga, which the former makes 1,972.944,000, while the latter has 1,969.920,000. According to Parâsara—