[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 # Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates Accounts of some thirty Indian eras (Kali, Vikrama, Śaka, Gupta, Harṣa, Kalacuri, Lakṣmaṇasena, Hijrī, etc.) with epochs and conversion tables. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Alexander Cunningham](https://indike.org/pramana/person/cunningham-a) - **Extent:** 789 passages, 55,176 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · Calcutta: Thacker, Spink 1883; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections by… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Alexander Cunningham †1893); published before 1931:… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c1) — 4 parts - [c2 Preface](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c2) — 55 parts - [c3 Contents](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c3) — 11 parts - [c4 Errata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c4) — 5 parts - [c5 Ancient Indian Modes of Reckoning Time](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c5) — 21 parts - [c6 I.—Saptârshi-Kâl](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c6) — 65 parts - [c7 II.—Bârhaspatya-Mâna](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c7) — 40 parts - [c8 III.—Bârhaspatya-Mâna](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c8) — 29 parts - [c9 IV.—Kâli-Yuga](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c9) — 8 parts - [c10 VII.—Nirvâna of Mahâvira](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c10) — 4 parts - [c11 VIII.—Era of the Seleukidæ](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c11) — 15 parts - [c12 V.—Cycle of Parasurâma](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c12) — 4 parts - [c13 VI.—Nirvâna of Buddha](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c13) — 39 parts - [c14 IX.—Era of Parthia](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c14) — 4 parts - [c15 X.—Vikramâditya Samvat](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c15) — 18 parts - [c16 XI.—Graha-Parivrithi Cycle](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c16) — 1 part - [c17 XII.—Sâka Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c17) — 3 parts - [c18 XIII.—Gupta Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c18) — 37 parts - [c19 XIV.—Chedi, or Kalâchuri-Samvat](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c19) — 13 parts - [c20 XV.—Era of Balabhi](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c20) — 4 parts - [c21 XVI.—Sri-Harsha Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c21) — 9 parts - [c22 XVII.—Hijra Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c22) — 32 parts - [c23 XVIII.—The Burmese Common Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c23) — 20 parts - [c24 XIX.—Newar Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c24) — 2 parts - [c25 XX.—Châlukya Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c25) — 4 parts - [c26 XXI.—Era of Lakshmana Sena](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c26) — 40 parts - [c27 XXII.—Siva-Singha Samvat](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c27) — 1 part - [c28 XXIII.—Fasli Era of Bengal](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c28) — 3 parts - [c29 XXIV.—Ilâhi Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c29) — 13 parts - [c30 XXV.—Christian Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c30) — 11 parts - [c31 XXVI.—Saura-Māna](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c31) — 9 parts - [c32 XXVII.—Chandra-Mâna](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c32) — 28 parts - [c33 Table I. Christian Calendar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c33) — 2 parts - [c34 Table II. Julian Calendar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c34) — 18 parts - [c35 Table III. Gregorian Calendar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c35) — 5 parts - [c36 Table IV. Number of Days in the Christian Year](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c36) — 1 part - [c37 Table V. Attic Calendar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c37) — 2 parts - [c38 Table VI. Initial Dates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c38) — 4 parts - [c39 Table VII. Seleukidan Era](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c39) — 13 parts - [c40 Table VIII. Number of Days in the Hindu Solar Year](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c40) — 1 part - [c41 Table IX. Approximate Initial Dates of Hindu Solar Years](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c41) — 1 part - [c42 Table X. Number of Days in the Hindu Luni-Solar Year](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c42) — 1 part - [c43 Table XI. Solar Ahargana of Arya-Bhata](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c43) — 3 parts - [c44 Table XII. Solar Ahargana of Surya-Siddhanta](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c44) — 3 parts - [c45 Table XIII. Luni-Solar Ahargana.—Surya-Siddhanta](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c45) — 3 parts - [c46 Table XIV. Lunations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c46) — 3 parts - [c47 Table XV. Hijra Calendar](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c47) — 3 parts - [c48 Table XVI. Hijra Calendar. Initial Days of Hijra Years](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c48) — 18 parts - [c49 Table XVII. General Table of Corresponding Dates](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c49) — 97 parts - [c50 Table XVIII. List of Eclipses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c50) — 23 parts - [c51 Table XIX. The Dakhini Cycle of Jupiter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c51) — 5 parts - [c52 Table XX. Initial Days of Ilahi Years](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c52) — 2 parts - [c53 Table XXI. The Abjad](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883.c53) — 29 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.cunningham-1883) · Pramāṇa