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

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A.D. 509. And thus, by this system also, in Gupta-Saṁvat 166, 178, and 190, the Mahâ-
Mâgha saṁvatsara was current on the given date. But this was not the case in the
next cycle. In Gupta-Saṁvat 201 + 242 = Śaka-Saṁvat 443 current, the Mahâ-Mâgha
saṁvatsara commenced on Kârttika śukla 9, corresponding to Tuesday, the 6th October,
A.D. 520, and falling four, five, or six days after the nineteenth day of the month; and it
was followed by Mahâ-Phâlguna on Kârttika kṛishṇa 1 of Śaka-Saṁvat 444, correspond-
ing to Saturday, the 2nd October, A.D. 521, and falling seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen
days before the nineteenth day of the month. And thus, though the given saṁvatsara
was not omitted, the given day did not fall within the limits of its duration.
With General Cunningham's epoch of A.D. 166-67, Mr. Sh. B. Dikshit finds that,
for Gupta-Saṁvat 188 + A.D. 166-67 = A.D. 354-55 = Śaka-Saṁvat 277 current, in
which year the English equivalent of the given date would be Saturday, 8th October, A.D.
354, Jupiter's rising, next before the given date, took place on Bhâdrapada kṛishṇa 12 of
the same year, Śaka-Saṁvat 277, corresponding to Tuesday, the 2nd August, A.D. 354;
or, by the English calendar, on Wednesday, the 3rd August. His longitude then was
122° 59'. By all three systems, 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 śukla 12 of Śaka-Saṁvat 278, corresponding to Sunday, the 3rd September,
A.D. 355; or, by the English calendar, on Monday, the 4th September. His longitude
then was 153° 34'. By all three systems, he was then in Uttarâ-Phalgunî, and the
saṁvatsara which then began, must have been named Mahâ-Phâlguna. Accordingly,
with this epoch, and with Gupta-Saṁvat 188 as the intended current year, the Mahâ-
Mâgha saṁvatsara was current on the given date. This result, however, does not
help to prove the epoch, because the record does not specify the current Gupta year;
and, by taking a different Gupta year, the same result can be obtained for a different
epoch.
Again, for Gupta-Saṁvat 199 + A.D. 166-67 = A.D. 365-66 = Śaka-Saṁvat 288
current, in which year the English equivalent of the given date would be Wednesday, the 5th
October, A.D. 365, Jupiter's rising, next before the given date, took place on Śrâvaṇa
śukla 1 of the same year, Śaka-Saṁvat 288, corresponding to Wednesday, the 6th July,
A.D. 365; or, by the English calendar, on Thursday, the 7th July. His longitude then was
95° 56'. By all three systems, he was then in Pushya; and the saṁvatsara which then
began, must have been named Mahâ-Pausha. Jupiter's next following rising took place
on Bhâdrapada śukla 15 of Śaka-Saṁvat 289, corresponding to Monday, the 7th August,
A.D. 366; or, by the English calendar, on Tuesday, the 8th August. His longitude then
was 127° 24'. By both the systems of unequal spaces, he was then in Pûrvâ-Phalgunî; and
the saṁvatsara which then began, must have been named Mahâ-Phâlguna; the interven-
ing Mahâ-Mâgha saṁvatsara being omitted. But, by the system of equal spaces, he was