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

110 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
this epoch again, and by this system also, the Mahâ-Vaiśâkha samvatsara was
current on the given date.
B.—The Khôh Grant of the year 163.
The next inscription is the other Khôh grant of the Mahârâja Hastin, No. 22,
page 100, in which the date (line 1 f.) is — tri-shashṭy-uttarê-bda-śatê Gupta-nṛipa-
râjya-bhuktau Mah-Âśvayuja-saṁvatsarê Chaitra-mâsa-śukla-paksha-dvitîyâyâm,—“in a
century of years, increased by sixty-three; in the enjoyment of sovereignty by the Gupta
kings; in the Mahâ-Âśvayuja samvatsara; on the second lunar day of the bright fortnight
of the month Chaitra.”
This gives us, for calculation, the Mahâ-Âśvayuja samvatsara, as current on the
second tithi or lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month Chaitra (March-April)
in Gupta-Saṁvat 163 current. And, on the analogy of the Verâwal inscription of Valabhî-
Saṁvat 945, this should be the case in Gupta-Saṁvat 163 + 242 = Śaka-Saṁvat 405
current; in which year the given tithi corresponds to Sunday, the 7th March, A.D. 482.
Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit finds (see Table IV. page 105 above, Col. B.) that Jupiter’s
rising, next before the given date, took place¹ on Vaiśâkha kṛishṇa 6 of the preceding year,
Śaka-Saṁvat 404 current, corresponding to Sunday, the 5th April, A.D. 481; or, by the
English calendar, on Monday, the 6th April. His longitude then was 4° 21'. By both the
systems of unequal spaces,² he was then in Aśvinî; and the samvatsara which then began,
must have been named Mahâ-Âśvayuja. Jupiter’s next following rising took place on
Jyêshṭha śukla 8 of Śaka-Saṁvat 405, corresponding to Wednesday, the 12th May, A.D.
482; or, by the English calendar, on Thursday, the 13th May. His longitude then was
40° 34'. By both the systems of unequal spaces, he was then in Rôhiṇî; and the samvatsara
which then began, must have been named Mahâ-Kârttika. Therefore, by both the systems
of unequal spaces, with the running difference of two hundred and forty-two years between
current Gupta and current Śaka years, the Mahâ-Âśvayuja samvatsara was current
on the given date. And the result gives Śaka-Saṁvat 405 current (A.D. 482-83), as
the equivalent of the given current Gupta year.
In this instance, the given samvatsara was not current on the given date in either the
preceding year, Saka-Saṁvat 404, or the following year, Śaka-Saṁvat 406. The result,
¹ These calculations are not absolutely accurate; but the margin is so wide, that there is no
necessity for exact precision in this case. If there should be any difference at all between Jupiter's
longitudes as found by Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit, and as capable of being determined with exact precision,
it will amount only to a few minutes of arc; and the actual risings of Jupiter could differ from what
he gives, only by one or two days; with the result that Jupiter may have risen, in this instance, on
Vaiśâkha kṛishṇa 5 or 7.
² Also by the system of equal spaces; but see page 107 above. This point need not be noted in
the following instances.