Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c10.s2.4

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c10.s2.4

Details of the dating often provide the most reliable grounds for doubting the authenticity of an inscription. Besides historically inadmissible dates of the types already mentioned, weekdays or astronomical data such as eclipses which prove incorrect when checked by calculation are the commonest reason for such suspicions. The incorrect or anachronistic use of particular eras or dating systems similarly provides a clue to a spurious document (see 5.4.3.2).

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