Indian Epigraphy c15.t10.3

c15.t10.3

They were both driven out by the Karṇāṭa chief Nānyadeva who conquered Nepal on Śrāvaṇa-sudi 7 in Śaka 811 corresponding to the year 9 of the Nevārī era.¹ The rulers of Nepal were at first using the Śaka era and then Amśuvarman’s era,² and it appears that Jayadevamalla’s regnal reckoning was given the character of an era by the people who did not prefer the Śaka era re-introduced by the Karṇāṭa conqueror.