Indian Chronology (Solar, Lunar and Planetary): A Practical Guide to the Interpretation and Verification of Tithis, Nakshatras, Horoscopes and other Indian Time-records, B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000 c20.5
Indian Chronology (Solar, Lunar and Planetary): A Practical Guide to the Interpretation and Verification of Tithis, Nakshatras, Horoscopes and other Indian Time-records, B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000 c20.5
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(3) *Vikrama Era* (expired year = A.D. year + 57). Extensively used at present in Guzerat and all over Northern India, except Bengal: Kārttikādi and Amānta in Guzerat, hence called Southern Vikrama; Chaitrādi and Pūrṇimānta in N. India, hence called Northern Vikrama. Other names, "Malava Era"; and also simply "Samvat". The Vikrama years, expired, from B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000 are regularly shown in our Table X, and from A.D. 1840 to A.D. 1920 in our Table XII.