Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.55

c6.55

The statement is preserved by Pliny, Solinus, and Arrian. The first says, “Colliguntur à Libero Patre ad Alexandrum Magnum reges eorum CLIV, annis sex millia CCCCLI adjiciunt et menses tres,”—that is, “they reckon from Bacchus to Alexander the Great 154 kings, who reigned for 6451 years and 3 months.” As Alexander entered the Panjâb in 326 B.C., and left it towards the end of the same year, this account fixes the starting point of Indian chronology to the year 6451¼ + 326 = 6777 B.C.