[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) › c6.28 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.28 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.28 - **Language:** English ### [c6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.28) Varâha himself quotes Vriddha Garga for his account of the cycle of the Seven Rishis.‡ His words are: "1, 2. I shall tell, according to the theory of Vriddha Garga, the course of these Seven Seers, by whom the northern region is, as it were, protected; through whom she shines, as if adorned with a string of pearls, like a maiden with joyful countenance, wearing a wreath of white water-lilies; those Seven Seers, by the turning round of whom the northern region seems dancing, the pole-star being the regulator. - [Previous: c6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.27) - [Next: c6.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.29) - [Up: c6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6.28) · Pramāṇa