Indian Epigraphy c15.t5.9

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⁴ The date of foundation of the Arsacidan house is generally referred to c. 250 B.C. (*Smith, Classical Dictionary*, s.v. *Arsaces*). According to some recent writers, the era started in 247 B.C. (*East and West*, Vol. 9, No. 3, September 1958, p. 155). See below, pp. 281-82.