Indian Epigraphy c15.t18.30

c15.t18.30

Some inscriptions of the Nepalese rulers Aṃśuvarman (years 34, 39 and 45), Jiṣṇugupta (year 48), Śivadeva II (years 119 and 143) and Jayadeva Paracakrakāma (year 153) are thus supposed to be dated in the Harṣa era.³ But the Chinese pilgrim Hiuen-tsang mentions Aṃśuvarman as a past ruler in 637 A.D. whereas the Harṣa years 34-45 would place his period in 640-51 A.D.⁴ As indicated above, the said records of Aṃśuvarman and those of his successors probably bear dates in the Śaka era minus 500, so that Śaka 501 = year 1 of Aṃśuvarman’s regnal reckoning.⁵