Indian Epigraphy c15.t14.16

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² Mirashi points out that the earlier dates coming from Gujarat and Maharashtra show the epoch of the era to be 248-49 A.D. while the later dates coming from Chhattisgarh and elsewhere in North India suggest the epoch 247-48 A.D. (*ABORI*, Vol. XXVII, pp. 1 ff.). He also suggests that the year began on Kārttika-sudi 1 and that the months were generally *Amānta* in Gujarat and Maharashtra and *Pūrṇimānta* elsewhere. In *IHQ* Vol. XXV, pp. 81 ff., he sugg sts that the epoch of the era in some parts of Vidarbha was 250-51 A.D. Much of this confusion about the epoch of the era, however, appears to be due to errors in the enumeration of the dates.