Indian Epigraphy c15.t13.12

c15.t13.12

A.D. respectively, use the names of Macedonian months adopted by the Parthians. The 12 months of this calendar are : (1) Hyperberetaeus (=October=Āśvina-Kārttika); (2) Dius (=November=Kārttika-Mārgaśīrṣa); (3) Apellaeus (=December=Mārgaśīrṣa-Pauṣa); (4) Audunaeus (=January= =Pauṣa-Māgha); (5) Peritius (= February=Māgha-Phālguna); (6) Dustrus (=March=Phālguna-Caitra); (7) Xanthicus (=April=Caitra-Vaiśākha); (8) Artemisius (= May=Vaiśākha-Jyaiṣṭha); (9) Daesius (=June=Jyaiṣṭha-Āṣāḍha); (10) Panemus (=July=Āṣāḍha-Śrāvaṇa); (11) Lous (=August=Śrāvaṇa=Bhādra); (12) Gorpaeus (= September=Bhādra-Āśvina). Of these months of the Graeco-Parthian calendar, Audunaeus, Apellaeus, Artemisius, Daesius, Panemus and Gorpaeus are mentioned in the dates of certain inscriptions of the Scytho-Parthians and Kuṣāṇas.¹