Indian Epigraphy c15.t21.2

c15.t21.2

This era is used in a few epigraphs found in Kathiawar. An inscription³ on the Soḍhḍi vāv (bāvdī, step-well) at Mangrol bears the date : Monday, Āśvina-badi 13, in Vikrama 1202 and Siṃha-saṃvat 32. A grant⁴ of Cālukya Bhīma II was issued on Thursday, Mārgaśira-sudi 14, in Vikrama 1266 and Siṃha-saṃvat 96, while the Veraval inscription of the time of Caulukya-Vāghelā Arjuna bears the date : Āṣāḍha-badi 13 in Siṃha-saṃvat 151, Vikrama (probably Kārttikādi) 1320, etc. These records suggest the difference between the Vikrama and the Siṃha-saṃvat to be 1170 years. Thus the equivalents