Indian Epigraphy c15.t15.4

c15.t15.4

The Mathura inscription⁶ of Candragupta II is dated both in his 5th regnal year and in the *kāl-ānuvartamāna* year 61 (i.e. the year 61 counted according to the era); but it does not specifically associate the reckoning with the Guptas as in the later cases referred to above. Other records of the Imperial Guptas mention particular years of the era either without any specification⁷ or as belonging to a particular monarch or to his reign.¹ It was of course later specifically attributed to the Guptas.²