[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v6.c82.643 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.643 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.643 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c82.643](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.643) ⁹⁹⁴ त्रिंशत्सु त्रिसहस्रेषु भारतादाहवादितः । सप्ताब्दशतयुक्तेषु शतेष्वब्देषु पञ्चसु ॥ पञ्चाशत्सु कलौ काले षट्सु पञ्चशतासु च । समासु समतीतासु शकानानापि भूभुजाम् ॥ E. I. vol. VI at p 7 Apparently here कलियुग is deemed to have started immediately after the Bhārata War. Later astronomical works hold that the śaka era began when 3179 years of Kali era had expired; vide 'याताः षण्मनवो युगानि गमिताल्पन्द्युगाङ्घ्रित्रयं नन्दाद्रीन्दुगुणास्तथा शकनृपस्यान्ते कलेर्वत्सराः । सिद्धान्तशिरोमणि I. 28. नन्दाद्रीन्दुगुणा. is equal to 3179 (नन्द = 9, अद्रि = 7, इन्दु = 1, गुण = 3). - [Previous: v6.c82.642](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.642) - [Next: v6.c82.644](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.644) - [Up: v6.c82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82) ## Cites (2) - [Epigraphia Indica](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.epigraphy.corpora.ei) - [Siddhāntaśiromaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.siddhanta.early.siddhantasiromani) — Bhāskara II, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.643](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c82.643) · Pramāṇa