A History of Indian Literature v2.c25.4

v2.c25.4

(1) The view that Kaniṣka is *the founder of the Vikrama era in 58 B. C.* will find but few supporters now-a-days. It was represented by Alexander *Cunningham* (Archaeological Survey of India, Reports, Vol. II, 1871, p. 68 note, 159 ff.; III, p. 31),¹ J. F. *Fleet* in his Introduction to the English translation of G. Bühler's ‘Indian Palaeography’ in Ind. Ant. 33, 1904, and in JRAS 1906, 979 ff.; 1903, 334; 1913, 95 ff., 965 ff.; 1914, 992 ff.; O. *Franke* in ABA 1901, 61 ff., J. *Kennedy* in JRAS 1912, 665 ff., 981 ff.; 1913, 369 ff., 661 ff., 1054 ff.; S. *Lévi* JA 1896, s. 9, t. VIII, 444 ff., 1897, s. 9, t. IX, 1 ff.,² *assumes the 1st century B.C. and the beginning of our era as Kaniṣka's time.* The same view is also held by L. D. *Barnett* in JRAS, 1913, 193, and in Calcutta Review, Feb. 1924, p. 252.