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

112 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
ary, A.D. 339. Here, Jupiter's rising, next before the given date, took place on Chaitra
śukla 2 of Śaka-Saṁvat 261, corresponding to Friday, the 10th March, A.D. 338; or, by
the English calendar, on Saturday, the 11th March. His longitude then was 339° 54′. By
all three systems, he was then in Uttarā-Bhādrapadā; and the saṁvatsara which then began,
must have been named Mahā-Bhādrapada. Jupiter's next following rising took place on
Jyaishṭha krishṇa 11 of Śaka-Saṁvat 262, corresponding to Tuesday, the 17th April, A.D. 339;
or, by the English calendar, on Wednesday, the 18th April. His longitude then was
16° 34′. By all three systems, he was then in Bharaṇī; and the saṁvatsara which then be-
gan, must have been named Mahā-Āśvayuja. Accordingly, with this epoch, even with the
proposed corrected reading, the Mahā-Āśvayuja saṁvatsara was not current on the given
date; but only on the same date in the following year.
By the mean-sign system, and with the original reading of Gupta-Saṁvat
163, the Mahā-Āśvayuja saṁvatsara commenced on Māgha śukla 2 of Śaka-Saṁvat 249
current, corresponding to Thursday, the 12th January, A.D. 327; and was followed by
Mahā-Kārttika on Māgha śukla 9 of Śaka-Saṁvat 250, corresponding to Monday, the 8th
January, A.D. 328; and consequently it was not current on the given date. The saṁ-
vatsara then current was Mahā-Mārgaśīrsha, which commenced on Phālguna krishṇa 1 of
Śaka-Saṁvat 251 current, corresponding to Friday, the 3rd January, A.D. 329.—With the
proposed corrected reading of Gupta-Saṁvat 173, the Mahā-Āśvayuja saṁvatsara
commenced on Pausha krishṇa 9 of Śaka-Saṁvat 261 current, corresponding to Wednes-
day, the 22nd November, A.D. 338; and it was followed by Mahā-Kārttika on Mārga-
śīrsha śukla 1 of Śaka-Saṁvat 262, corresponding to Sunday, the 18th November, A.D.
339. Accordingly, with this epoch, and by this system, with the proposed corrected
reading, the Mahā-Āśvayuja saṁvatsara was current on the given date. The
proposed alteration of the original text, however, cannot be justified.
With Sir E. Clive Bayley's epoch of A.D. 190-91, and with the original read-
ing of Gupta-Saṁvat 163, the given date would belong to Śaka-Saṁvat 276 current;
and its English equivalent would be Monday, the 22nd February, A.D. 353. Here, Jupi-
ter's rising, next before the given date, took place on Āshāḍha krishṇa 12 of Śaka-Saṁ-
vat 275, corresponding to Wednesday, the 27th May, A.D. 352; or, by the English
calendar, on Thursday, the 28th May. His longitude then was 57° 12′. By all three
systems, he was then in Mṛiga; and the saṁvatsara which then began, must have
been named Mahā-Mārgaśīrsha. Jupiter's next following rising took place on Āshāḍha
śukla 13 of Śaka-Saṁvat 276, corresponding to Thursday, the 1st July, A.D. 353;
or, by the English calendar, on Friday, the 2nd July. His longitude then was 91°
19′. By all three systems, he was then in Punarvasu; and the saṁvatsara which
then began, must have been named Mahā-Pausha. Accordingly, with this epoch,
and with the real reading of the text, the Mahā-Āśvayuja saṁvatsara was not cur-
rent on the given date. As a matter of fact, the Mahā-Āśvayuja saṁvatsara of