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

136 CORPUS INSCRIPTIONUM INDICARUM, VOL. III.
Nêpâl, and its acceptance by their immediate neighbours, the Ṭhâkurî family of Kailâsa-
kûṭabhavana. And no objection could be taken by the Early Gupta kings to the adoption
of the era of a royal house, in their connection with which they took special pride. I think,
therefore, that in all probability the so-called Gupta era is a Lichchhavi era,
dating either from a time when the republican or tribal constitution of the Lichchhavis was
abolished in favour of a monarchy ; or from the commencement of the reign of Jayadêva I.,
as the founder of a royal house in a branch of the tribe that had settled in Nêpâl. But
the question of the origin of the era is one, of course, on which further discoveries,
especially if any can be made in Nêpâl, may be expected to throw more light.
J. F. FLEET.
4th November 1887.