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

120 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
For Gupta-Saṁvat 189 + 242 = Śaka-Saṁvat 431 current, the given date, viz. the
nineteenth day of the month Kârttika, corresponds to Monday, the 13th October,
A.D. 508. Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit finds (see Table IV. page 105 above, Col. E1) that Jupi-
ter's rising, next before the given date, took place on Śrâvaṇa śukla 15 of the same
year, Śaka-Saṁvat 431, corresponding to Monday, the 28th July, A.D. 508; or, by the
English calendar, on Tuesday, the 29th July. His longitude then was 117° 4'. By both
the systems of unequal spaces, he was then in Maghâ; and the saṁvatsara which then
began, must have been named Mahâ-Mâgha. Jupiter's next following rising took place
on Âśvina kṛishṇa 13 of Śaka-Saṁvat 432, corresponding to Saturday, the 29th August,
A.D. 509; or, by the English calendar, on Sunday, the 30th August. His longitude then
was 147° 49'. By both the systems of unequal spaces, he was then in Uttarâ-Phalgunî;
and the saṁvatsara which then began, must have been named Mahâ-Phâlguna. Therefore,
by both the systems of unequal spaces, in Gupta-Saṁvat 189, with the running difference
of two hundred and forty-two years between current Gupta and current Śaka years, the
Mahâ-Mâgha saṁvatsara was current on the given date. And this result gives
Śaka-Saṁvat 431 current (A.D. 508-509), as the equivalent of the possible current Gupta
year.
Again, for Gupta-Saṁvat 201 + 242 = Saka-Saṁvat 443 current, the given date,
viz. the nineteenth day of the month Kârttika, corresponds to Friday, the 2nd October,
A.D. 520. Here, Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit finds (see Table IV. page 105 above, Col. E2) that
Jupiter's rising, next before the given date, took place on Bhâdrapada śukla 3 of the
same year, Śaka-Saṁvat 443, corresponding to Sunday, the 2nd August, A.D. 520; or
by the English calendar, on Monday, the 3rd August. His longitude then was
121° 30'. By both the systems of unequal spaces, he was then in Maghâ; and the
saṁvatsara which then began, must have been named Mahâ-Mâgha. Jupiter's
next following rising took place on Âśvina kṛishṇa 1 of Śaka-Saṁvat 444, corre-
sponding to Friday, the 3rd September, A.D. 521; or, by the English calendar, on Satur-
day, the 4th September. His longitude then was 152° 17'. By both the systems of un-
equal spaces, he was then in Uttarâ-Phalgunî; and the saṁvatsara which then began, must
have been named Mahâ-Phâlguna. Therefore, by both the systems of unequal spaces,
in Gupta-Saṁvat 201 also, with the running difference of two hundred and forty-two years
between current Gupta and current Śaka years, the Mahâ-Mâgha saṁvatsara was
current on the given date. And this result gives Śaka-Saṁvat 443 current (A.D.
520-21), as the equivalent of the possible current Gupta ye.
The results for these two years, Gupta-Saṁvat 189 and 201, answer, as is required,
to the running difference of two hundred and forty-two years between current Gupta
and current Śaka years. But they do not, in themselves, prove it; for the reason that the
current Gupta year itself is not mentioned in the record. The important point is, that in
neither of these two cycles was the Mahâ-Mâgha saṁvatsara omitted.