Indian Epigraphy c11.t8.22

c11.t8.22

While many charters bear no date at all, in some of them only the year is quoted. When a detailed date is given, it may come at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a charter. Thus the date of a grant may form the part of any of the three broad divisions of a charter, referred to above. Sometimes a date expressed in words is quoted again in figures. In certain cases, the date mentioned in the Notification in words is repeated in the Conclusion in figures. The year mentioned may be according to a regnal reckoning or to an era prevalent in the area and age in question. The month, fortnight and day, and sometimes also the week-day, are often mentioned in later charters. Occasionally, the date contains additional details such as the *nakṣatra*, etc. The specification of the week-day is helpful in verifying the details of a date and finding out its equivalent in a known calendar. The date of the actual grant is sometimes earlier than that of the issue of the plates on which it was recorded.⁵