Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c23.11

c23.11

[129] The eclipse mentioned in the Morvî plate occurred, according to my friend Professor Keru Lakshmaṇ, on the 30th of Vaiśâkha, Śaka 827. The Gupta year given in the plate is 585. If 827 is in the astronomical calculation the *current* year, it must correspond to 585 Gupta *past*, for 585 + 242 = 827. It is by no means necessary to suppose that the eclipse occured on the new-moon day immediately previous to the 5th of Phâlguna Sudi mentioned in the grant. For it is perfectly possible that the actual religious ceremoney with reference to the grant was made in Vaiśâkha and the deed executed in Phâlguna.†