Indian Epigraphy c15.s1.t3.4

c15.s1.t3.4

In order to get the equivalent of the Christian era, we have to add 599-600 to the year of the Śuhūr era and this shows that the solarisation of the Hijrī for the creation of this era took place on the 15th of May 1344 A.D. (Vikrama 1401, Jyaiṣṭha-sudi 2) when the sun was in the Mṛgaśirā *nakṣatra*. The name Mṛga Sāl applied to the era is due to the fact that its years begin with the sun’s entry in the said *nakṣatra*.