The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s13.153

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³ In connection with the Hindû calendar, it is to be noted that, in contrast to the result stated on page 356 above, and in note 3, the result here is obtained by using the *amânta* arrangement of the lunar fortnights, and this record gives the first genuine instance of the use of the *amânta* arrangement in India proper.—In the preceding year, there was an annular eclipse of the sun on the 14th May, A.D. 793, which corresponds to the new-moon *tithi* of the *amânta* Vaiśâkha of *Śaka-Saṃvat* 716 current. But it was not visible in India. And it may be rejected in favour of the visible eclipse, which, as the *Śaka* year is not distinctly specified either as current or as expired, is equally admissible on general grounds, and preferentially so because of its visibility in India.