History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.683

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The Jovian cycle must be an ancient one. some Purāṇas and Varāhamihira speak of it as an established institution. Vide Cunningham's 'eras' pp. 11–25 (60 year cycle) and pp. 26–30 (12 year cycle), Warren's 'Kālasankalita' (pp. 199–216), V. B. Ketkar's work on 'Indian and foreign chronology' pp. 73–82, I. A. vol. 18 pp. 193–209 (Kielhorn) and pp. 221–224 (Fleet) and Gupta Inscriptions, Introduction pp. 169–176 (a note on 12 year cycle and 60 year cycle of Jupiter by Sh. B. Dikshit) for origin and information about the Bārhaspatya cycle and tables. In Malabar and Travancore the Jovian cycle is of twelve years, but it is passed over here for reasons of space.