[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) › c8.9 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c8.9 Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c8.9 - **Language:** English ### [c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.9) This proportion was afterwards altered by Varâha, who made 172 years of Jupiter equal to 170 11/17 solar years, on which account two of Brihaspati's years are to be omitted in that period. His words are: - [Previous: c8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.8) - [Next: c8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.10) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8.9) · Pramāṇa