Indian Epigraphy c15.t7.32

c15.t7.32

In Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the use of the Kaniṣka era (later known as the Śaka era) was continued for sometime by the Maghas of Kauśāmbī⁴ and kings like Ārya-Viśākhamitra of the Kailvan inscription.⁵ From the Bihar-U.P. area, the use of the Śaka era seems to have spread to Nepal where the dates of the Licchavi inscriptions should probably be referred to this era.⁶ But the popularity of the Gupta era of 319 A.D., introduced by the Imperial Guptas of Magadha, soon led to its disappearance in the central and eastern areas of Northern India.