The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c4.s8.9

c4.s8.9

All agree that the dynasty lasted 137 years. The regnal periods added together (excluding the Mt list which is incomplete) are 160 years in *e*Vā, and (Śāliśūka being omitted) 133 in Vā and Bd; or, if we add Śāliśūka's reign to the latter, the total is 146 years; and the total in *e*Vā would be reduced to about 145 years if we correct its duplication in the middle. This figure, 145 or 146, is compatible with the stated duration, 137 years, if (as is probable) the total of the several reigns is nominally raised above the true total by reckoning fractions of years as whole years.