The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s12.259

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³ From A. D. 634-35 (the latest recorded date for Pulikêśin II.), to A. D. 680 (the year in which commenced the reign of Vinayâditya there are only three occasions on which the tithi Âśvina śukla 2 and the autumnal equinox, as represented by the Tulâ-saṃkrânti or entrance of the sun into Libra, fell on the same day. (1) In A. D. 640; the tithi, ending on the 23rd September, at about 4 gh. 45 p., = 1 hr. 54 min., after mean sunrise (for Bombay); began on the 22nd, at about 11 ghaṭis, = 4 hrs. 24 min.; and the saṃkrânti occurred on the 22nd, at about 31 gh. 30 p., = 12 hrs. 36 min. As is required (see Ind. Ant. Vol. XVIII. p. 250, and Vol. XX. p. 413), the tithi was actually current when the saṃkrânti occurred. But, even apart from the indications given by the Kaira grant of A. D. 643 and the Bagumṛâ grant of A. D. 655 (see page 360 above), this date is undoubtedly too early to allow time for the overthrow of Pulikêśin II. and the re-establishment of the sovereignty by Vikramâditya I. especially, with the completion of four years of government, plainly all under him, by his brother Chandrâditya.. (2) In A. D. 659, the tithi, ending on the 24th September, at about 5 ghaṭis, = 2 hours, began on the 23rd, at about 8 gh. 30 p., = 3 hrs. 24 min.; and the saṃkrânti occurred on the 23rd, at about 26 gh. 30 p., = 10 hrs. 36 min. Here, again, as required, the tithi was actually current when the saṃkrânti occurred. And (3) in A. D. 678, the tithi ended on the 23rd September, at about 49 ghaṭis, = 19 hrs. 36 min.; and the saṃkrânti occurred on the same day, at about 21 gh. 30 p., = 8 hrs. 36 min. Here, also, the tithi was actually current when the saṃkrânti occurred. But this date, only two years, or less,