[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) › c6.18 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.18 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.18 - **Language:** English ### [c6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.18) By a similar process for Aryabhata, we get 662.4 years of Kâli-Yuga expired as the date of Yudhishthira; and by repeating the process for Varâha Mihira, we get 653 Kâli-Yuga as his date of the Mahâbhârata. The last is the date adopted by Kalhana Pandit, who says:† "When 653 years of the Kâli-Yuga had expired, the Kurus and Pândavas flourished." - [Previous: c6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.17) - [Next: c6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.19) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.18) · Pramāṇa