Indian Epigraphy c15.t13.2

c15.t13.2

The Asiatic possessions of Alexander the Great ultimately passed after his death to his general Seleucus Nicator whose era started from the date of his triumphant entry into Babylon on the 1st of October, 312 B.C. No Indian record is definitely known to be dated in this era. But the Macedonian names of the months were adopted along with the use of the era in the Greek empire of Western Asia, whence their use in dates spread to India.