[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.96 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.96 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.96 - **Language:** English ### [c5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.96) ⁶⁸³ The Jains first have written scriptures. This date presupposes B.C. 545 as the epoch of the Vīra era. See B.C. 527.—BR. 1883-4, 125. - [Previous: c5.95](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.95) - [Next: c5.97](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.97) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.96](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.96) · Pramāṇa