Indian Epigraphy c15.t11.31
Indian Epigraphy c15.t11.31
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c15.t11.31
The earliest use of the Lakṣmaṇasena era is found in three inscriptions⁴ dated respectively in (1) year 51, Bhādra 29, (2) year 74, Vaiśākha-badi 12, Thursday, and (3) year 83, Kārttika-sudi 15. Of the three dates, only the second one is verifiable since the week-day has been mentioned. If the reckoning started with the accession of king Lakṣmaṇasena about 1179 A.D., the years 51, 74 and 83 would fall respectively about 1230, 1253 and 1262 A.D. The second date is therefore Thursday corresponding to Vaiśākha-badi 12 in 1253 A.D. In the said year, the 12th tithi of the dark half of Pūrṇimānta Vaiśākha began on Thursday the 27th March at 10 of the day.