Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c10.s3.t2.1

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Inscriptions may be dated in any number of ways, ranging from a simple year date (regnal or era) to detailed specifications of the year, month, *tithi* (lunar day), weekday, and/or other calendrical and astronomical data. From the point of view of epigraphic methodology, it is convenient to discuss the systems of year dating and those of more specific dates separately.