Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.45

c6.45

Similar information was received from the Brahmans of Mandi and Bisahar. But from Kashmir the reply was somewhat different. It was obtained by Mirza Saifuddin after consultation with pandits and astronomers : "The present year 1859 is 4960 of the Kâli-Yuga, and Samvat 35 of the Haft Rikheshar. The Kâli-Yuga is said to be 25 years in advance of the Haft Rikheshar. The seven stars complete one revolution in each Nakshatra in 100 years. When they had completed three revolutions less 25 years in the Dwâpara-Yuga, then the Kâli-Yuga began, and only 2425 years of the first Chakra belong to the Kâli-Yuga. Each whole period of 2700 years is called a *Chakra*, or cycle, in which the Seven Rishis pass through the 27 Nakshatras from Aswini to Revati. Of the second Chakra of 2700 years 25 Nakshatras were completed in the Christian year 1825, or 4926 Kâli-Yuga." This tallies exactly with the information lately obtained in Kashmir by Dr. Bühler, who writes : "I have found in the manuscript several more dates in the Saptrishi era with the thousands added, and all agree with the verse which places the beginning of the era in Kâli 26, Chaitra-sudi 1.” In these accounts from Kashmir the computation of Varâha Mihira is adopted, which places the era of Yudhishthira in 653 of the Kâli-Yuga, when the Seven Rishis are said to have been in Maghâ, in direct opposition to the commonly received reckoning which places the era of Yudhishthira at the beginning of the Kâli-Yuga.