Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.2

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The *Sapt-Rishi-Kâl*, or “Cycle of the Seven Rishis,” called also the *Saptârshi* and *Sat Rikhi Kâl*, is so named after the seven stars of the constellation of the Great Bear. It is the only mode of reckoning employed in the *Râja Tarangini*, or History of Kashmir, and it is still used in the hill states to the south-east of Kashmir between the Chenâb on the west and the Jumna on the east. The general use of this cycle did not escape the notice of Abu Rihân, who has preserved much valuable information regarding the different centenary cycles in use at the time of Mahmud’s invasion of India.