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² The date is deduced from the colophon of a Jain work, which gives Śaka 380 = A. D. 458 as the 22nd year of Simhavarma, king of Kānchī. The date, which is genuine, is the earliest date recorded in the Śaka era so far (*Arch. S. of Mysore, Report*, 1908–9, p. 31; 1909–10, para. 115).