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

114 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
corresponding to Tuesday, the 13th August, A.D. 362; and it was followed by Mahâ-
Kârttika on Bhâdrapada śukla 12 of Saka-Saṁvat 286, corresponding to Saturday, the 9th
August, A.D. 363. Accordingly, with this epoch again, and by this system also, with the
proposed corrected reading, the Mahâ-Âśvayuja saṁvatsara was current on
the given date. But the proposed alteration of the original text cannot be justified.
C.—The Majhgawâm Grant of the year 191.
The next inscription is the Majhgawâm grant of the Mahârâja Hastin, No. 23,
page 106, in which the date (line 1 f.) is—êka-navaty-uttarê=bda-śatê Gupta-nṛipa-
râjya-bhuktau śrîmati pravardhamâna-Mahâ-Chaitra-saṁvatsarê Mâgha-mâsa-bahula-
paksha-tṛitîyâyâm,—" in a century of years, increased by ninety-one; in the enjoyment of
sovereignty by the Gupta kings; in the prosperous augmenting Mahâ-Chaitra saṁvatsara;
on the third lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month Mâgha." And at the end, in
line 21, the date is repeated as—Mâgha di 3, — " (the month) Mâgha; the (solar) day 3."
This gives us, for calculation, the Mahâ-Chaitra saṁvatsara, as current on the
third tithi or lunar day of the dark fortnight of the month Mâgha; (January-February) in
Gupta-Saṁvat 191 current. And, on the analogy of the Verâwal inscription of Valabhî-
Saṁvat 945, this should be the case in Gupta-Saṁvat 191 + 242 = Saka-Saṁvat 433
current; in which year the given date corresponds to Monday, the 3rd January, A.D. 511.
Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit finds (see Table IV. page 105 above, Col. C.) that Jupiter's
rising, next before the given date, took place on Âśvina śukla 11 of the same year, Śaka-
Saṁvat 433, corresponding to Wednesday, the 29th September, A.D. 510; or, by the
English calendar, on Thursday, the 30th September. His longitude then was 177° 47'.
By both the systems of unequal spaces, he was then in Chitrâ; and the saṁvatsara
which then began, must have been named Mahâ-Chaitra. Jupiter's next following
rising took place on Mârgaśîrsha kṛishṇa 7 of Śaka-Saṁvat 434, corresponding to Satur-
day,t he 29th October, A.D. 511; or, by the English calendar, on Sunday, the 30th
October. His longitude then was 207° 41'. By both the systems of unequal spaces, he
was then in Viśâkhâ; and the saṁvatsara which then began, must have been named
Mahâ-Vaiśâkha. 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-Chaitra saṁvatsara was current on the given date. And the
result gives Śaka-Saṁvat 433 current (A.D. 510-11), as the equivalent of the given cur-
rent Gupta year.
In this instance, again, as in B. above, the given saṁvatsara was not current on the
given date in either the preceding year, Śaka-Saṁvat 432, or the following year, Śaka-
Saṁvat 434. Here again, therefore, the result not only answers to, but also proves, the
running difference of two hundred and forty-two years between current Gupta
and current Śaka years.