Indian Epigraphy c15.t15.2

c15.t15.2

The era used by the Imperial Guptas of Magadha and their feudatories as well as some of the successors of both was called the year or reckoning of the Guptas from about the middle of the 5th century, i.e. more than a century after its start.⁵ In the earlier records dated in the era, it is treated exactly as the regnal reckoning of particular kings, without giving it any specific name. This is indeed the nature of all eras developed from the regnal reckoning of a ruler continued by his successors.