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 c20.6
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 c20.6
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(4) *Śaka Era* (expired year = A.D. year minus 78). Extensively used in India both in the past, and at present. Meshādi (for solar year) and Chaitrādi (for luni-solar year): generally amānta, but pūrṇimānta in Northern India. Śaka equivalents of Kaliyuga and Vikrama years, expired, from B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000, are regularly given in our Table X, and from A.D. 1840 to A.D. 1920 in our Table XII.