The Dynasties of the Kanarese Districts of the Bombay Presidency from the Earliest Historical Times to the Musalman Conquest c8.s8.14

c8.s8.14

The eclipse mentioned in the Morvî plate occurred, according to my friend Professor Keru Lakshman, 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 occurred on the new-moon day inmediately previous to the 5th of Phâlguna Sudi mentioned in the grant. For it is perfectly possible that the actual religious ceremony with reference to the grant was made in Vaiśâkha and the deed executed in Phâlguna.*