History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.1980

v7.c99.1980

Śaka era: 649 (began when 3179 years of Kali had expired), 679n; in medieval times came to be called Śālivāhana 655, Inscriptions of Kṣatrapa kings bearing the number of the year are held to be in Śaka era, 654; Śakas in Yugapurāṇa 828; most astronomical works in Sanskrit employ Śaka era from about 500 A. D, 653; origin of the name Śaka era is a most difficult and unsolved problem 653ff, origin of the name Śālivāhana 655, some modern writers like Burgess and Dr. Saha hold that this era was started by calculation and taken backwards, 649.