गुप्त अभिलेख संग्रह (जे. एफ. फ्लीट - गुप्त सम्राटों एवं परवर्ती नरेशों के ऐतिहासिक पाषाण व ताम्रलेख)

THE GUPTA INSCRIPTIONS; INTRODUCTION. 109
ber, A.D. 322. Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit finds that Jupiter's rising, next before the given date,
took place on Kârttika śukla 13 of Śaka-Saṁvat 244, corresponding to Friday, the 20th
October, A.D. 321; or, by the English calendar, on Saturday, the 21st October. His
longitude then was 200° 54′. By all three systems, he was then in Viśâkhâ; and the
saṁvatsara which then began, must have been named Mahâ-Vaiśâkha. Jupiter's next
following rising took place on Pausha krishṇa 10 of Śaka-Saṁvat 245, corresponding to
Tuesday, the 20th November, A.D. 322; or, by the English calendar, on Wednesday, the
21st November. His longitude then was 231° 33′. By the system of equal spaces, and the
Garga system of unequal spaces, he was then in Jyêshṭhâ; and, by the Brahma-Siddhânta
system of unequal spaces, in Mûla; and, by all three systems, the saṁvatsara which then
began, must have been named Mahâ-Jyêshṭha. Accordingly, with this epoch, the Mahâ-
Vaiśâkha saṁvatsara was current on the given date. This, however, is a mere
coincidence. There is the same coincidence in respect of the date of D.; but not in
respect of B. and C.
By the mean-sign system, the Mahâ-Vaiśâkha saṁvatsara commenced on
Phâlguna krishṇa 15 of Śaka-Saṁvat 244 current, corresponding to Friday, the 2nd
February, A.D. 322; and it was followed by Mahâ-Jyêshṭha on Phâlguna śukla 6 of Śaka-
Saṁvat 245, corresponding to Tuesday, the 29th January, A.D. 323. Accordingly, with
this epoch, and by this system also, the Mahâ-Vaiśâkha saṁvatsara was current
on the given date.
With Sir E. Clive Bayley's epoch of A.D. 190-91, the given date would belong to
Śaka-Saṁvat 269 current; and its English equivalent would be Saturday, the 4th October,
A.D. 346. Here, Jupiter's rising, next before the given date, took place on Mârgaśîrsha
krishṇa 3 of Śaka-Saṁvat 268, corresponding to Tuesday, the 29th October, A.D. 345;
or, by the English calendar, on Wednesday, the 30th October. His longitude then was
209° 22′. By all three systems, he was then in Viśâkhâ; and the saṁvatsara which then
began, must have been named Mahâ-Vaiśâkha. Jupiter's next following rising took place
on Pausha krishṇa 15 of Śaka-Saṁvat 269, corresponding to Saturday, the 29th November,
A.D. 346; or, by the English calendar, on Sunday, the 30th November. His longitude then
was 240° 17′. By all three systems, he was then in Mûla; and the saṁvatsara which then
began, must have been named Mahâ-Jyêshṭha. Accordingly, with this epoch also, the
Mahâ-Vaiśâkha saṁvatsara was current on the given date. This again, however,
is a mere coincidence. And again, though there is the same coincidence in respect of the
date of D., it does not occur in respect of B. and C.
By the mean-sign system, the Mahâ-Vaiśâkha saṁvatsara commenced on Kârttika
śukla 11 of Śaka-Saṁvat 268 current, corresponding to Wednesday, the 23rd October,
A.D. 345; and it was followed by Mahâ-Jyêshṭha on Mârgaśîrsha krishṇa 3 of Śaka-
Saṁvat 269,corresponding to Sunday, the 19th October, A.D. 346. Accordingly, with