Indian Epigraphy c15.t8.6

c15.t8.6

According to Varāhamihira,¹ to find out the name of a particular Śaka year after the North Indian system, one has to multiply the number of the expired Śaka year by 11 and the product again by 4; to the product 8589 has to be added, and the sum has to be divided by 3750; the quotient has then to be added to the number of the Śaka year and the product has to be divided again by 60. The remainder thus received would be the number of the expired year in the Cycle beginning with Prabhava.