Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.3

c6.3

“In India,” he says, “the vulgar reckon by ages, and these ages follow one after another. This they call the *Samvatsara* of a hundred. When one century is passed they drop it, and begin another. They call this the *Lok-Kâl*, or ‘People’s Era.’”* Now this last is the same name that is used by Kalhana Pandit of Kashmir, who says:†