Indian Epigraphy c15.t1.22

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The solar months are usually named after the particular *rāśi* through which the sun passes at the time, although the names of the lunar months are also often applied to them. The solar years are prevalent in Bengal and the Punjab and their neighbourhood as well as in the Tamil- and Malayāḷam-speaking areas. The solar month of Meṣa, with which the solar year begins, is called Vaiśākha in Bengal but Caitra (Cittirai) in the Tamil-speaking area.