Indian Epigraphy c15.s1.t6.2

c15.s1.t6.2

This era is prevalent in Bengal and Assam. It is the same as the Faslī, the difference being that it starts not from Āśvina-badi 1 but seven months later from the Meṣa-saṅkrānti (i.e. the commencement of solar Vaiśākha). The months are solar and the day following the day of the saṅkrānti is regarded as the first day of the month. We have to add 593-94 to the years of the era in order to get the corresponding years of the Christian era.¹ It is impossible to believe that the era has been in continuous use since 593-94. If such was the case, its use would have certainly been noticed in some of the numerous pre-Mughal records of Bengal.