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² The epoch or year 0 of the Śaka era is A.D. 77-78; the first current year, as a luni-solar year, began on the 3rd March, A.D. 78, and ended on the 20th February, A.D. 79; and, to convert Śaka years into the equivalent current Christian years, the additive quantities are, 77-78 for a current Śaka year, and 78-79 for an expired Śaka year (see my Note on the Epoch and Reckoning of the Śaka Era; Gupta Inscriptions, Appendix I., and Ind. Ant. Vol. XVII. p. 205).—For purposes of accuracy, it is usual, and it is desirable, to quote the two Christian years, in parts of each of which a Śaka year falls; thus, "Śaka-Saṁvat 500 expired, = A.D. 578-79." When, however, an original date contains full details which shew precisely where it falls, it may often be convenient, for extreme exactness, to quote only one of the two Christian years; thus, "Śaka-Saṁvat 500 expired (Kârttika full-moon), in A.D. 578," and "Śaka-Saṁvat 500 expired (Phâlguna full-moon), in A.D. 579."—On the general question of the use of current and expired years of the two most commonly used Hindû eras, see Professor Kielhorn's papers on the Śaka and Vikrama eras in Ind. Ant. Vols. XIX., XX., XXIII., XXIV.