Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c6.56

c6.56

Now it is a curious coincidence that if another *Saptârshi Chakra* of 2700 years be added to 4077 B.C., or the beginning of the Chakra indicated by Vriddha Garga, the initial year will fall in 6777, the very year which was said by the Indians of Alexander’s time to be the initial point of their history. This coincidence is certainly very remarkable, and as it is the result of the addition of such a large period as 2700 years, it would seem to point to the conclusion that so early as the time of Alexander the *Saptârshi Chakra* of 2700 years was the common mode of Indian reckoning. This indeed has already been inferred from the statement of Vriddha Garga himself.