Indian Epigraphy c15.s1.t10.3

c15.s1.t10.3

The Jaisalmer Viṣṇu temple inscription² equates Vikrama 1494 (expired), Māgha-sudi 6, Friday, Aśvinī-nakṣatra with the Bhāṭika year 813 (current), while an inscription³ near the Mahādeva temple at the same place quotes the current Bhāṭika year 993 (Uttarāyaṇa in Mārgaśīrṣa) with Vikrama 1673 (expired) and Śaka 1538. The first date corresponds to the 31st January 1438 A.D. and the second to the 28th December 1616 A.D. According to the first, the epoch of the era falls in 624-25 A.D. and, according to the second, in 623-24 A. D. There is a clear discrepancy of one year since the inscriptions specifically mention both the Bhāṭika years as current and it cannot be suggested that one of them was expired and another current.