[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) › c8.16 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c8.16 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c8.16 - **Language:** English ### [c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.16) Very few inscriptions have hitherto been discovered dated in the 12-year Cycle of Jupiter. But four of these, which are found coupled with the concurrent dates of the Gupta era, are of unusual importance from the aid which they may give in fixing the initial point of the Gupta era, which will be discussed hereafter. These four dates are found on the copperplate inscriptions of Raja Hastin and his son Sankshoba. They are as follows:— - [Previous: c8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.15) - [Next: c8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.17) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.16) · Pramāṇa