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⁵ Kanishka’s inscriptions at Mathurā are dated in the years 21 and 23. I assume with Rapson that Kanishka was the founder of the Śaka era which began in A.D. 78. Kanishka’s later Mathurā inscription should, therefore, be assigned to A.D. 101. According to Smith, Kanishka’s rule began in c. A.D. 120 and terminated about A.D. 160. For a discussion of the Kushāṇa chronology see PHAI, pp. 317-27.