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

CONTENTS.
Preface . . . . . . Page 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . 7
The Gupta Era . . . . . . . 16
Table I.—Genealogy of the Early Gupta Kings . . . . 17
The Nomenclature of the Era . . . . . . 19
Albêrûnî's Statements, as rendered by M. Reinaud . . . . 23
Albêrûnî's Statements, as rendered by Prof. Sachau . . . . 24
The Results of the above Renderings . . . . . . 25
Albêrûnî's Statements, as rendered by Prof. Wright . . . . 27
The Theories based on M. Reinaud's rendering of Albêrûnî's Statements . . . 31
Examination of the previous Theories . . . . . . 33
Table II.—Genealogy of the Kings of Valabhî . . . . 41
The Mandasôr Inscription of Mâlava-Saṁvat 529 . . . . . 65
The Determination of the Exact Epoch of the Era . . . . . 69
The Scheme of the Gupta-Valabhî Year . . . . . . 69
Table III.—Comparative Table of the Vikrama, Śaka, and Gupta-Valabhî Years . . 71
The Calculation of Recorded Dates . . . . . . . 80
The Êraṇ Inscription of the year 165 . . . . . . . 80
The Verâwal Inscription of Valabhî-Saṁvat 945 . . . . . 84
The Verâwal Inscription of Valabhî-Saṁvat 927 . . . . . 90
The Kaira Grant of the year 330 . . . . . . . 93
The Nêpâl Inscription of the year 386 . . . . . . 95
The Mōrbî Grant of the year 586 . . . . . . . 97
The Use of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter in Records of the Early Gupta Period . . . 101
A.—The Khôh Grant of the year 156 . . . . . . . 104
Table IV.—The Saṁvatsaras of the Twelve-Year Cycle of Jupiter . . . 105
B.—The Khôh Grant of the year 163 . . . . . . . 110
C.—The Majhgawâṁ Grant of the year 191 . . . . . . 114
D.—The Khôh Grant of the year 209 . . . . . . . 117
E.—The Bhumarâ Pillar Inscription . . . . . . . 119
Summary of Results . . . . . . . . . 124
The Origin of the Era . . . . . . . . 130
Appendix I.—A Note on the Epoch and Reckoning of the Śaka Era . . . . 137
Appendix II.—A Method of Calculating the Week-Days of Hindu Tithis and the correspond-
ing English Dates. By Shankar Balkrishna Dikshit; Bombay Educational
Department . . . . . . . . 145
Explanation of Technical Terms . . . . . . 145
To find the Week-Day of a given Tithi . . . . . 149
Table V.—Calculation of the Week-Day of a given Tithi . . . . 151
Table VI.—The Times, after Sunrise, of the ending of a given Tithi . . . 157
Table VII.—Calculation of the English Date of a given Tithi . . . . 157
To find the English Date for a given Tithi . . . . . . 158
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