[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884) › c23.5 # Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c23.5 Early History of the Dekkan down to the Mahomedan Conquest c23.5 - **Language:** English ### [c23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c23.5) The question in this way is, I think, plain enough Still since astronomical calculations have been resorted to to prove the incorrectness of the date given by Albîrûnî and to arrive at an earlier one so as to place the extinction of the Gupta dynasty in Śaka 242, it is necessary to go into the question further The following tests may be used and have been used to determine the correctness of a proposed initial date:— - [Previous: c23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c23.4) - [Next: c23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c23.6) - [Up: c23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.bhandarkar-1884.c23.5) · Pramāṇa