Kalachuri Era

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The Kalachuri era also called the Haihaya era was a Hindu system of year numbering started by the abhira [1] King Ishwarsena in which the year numbering started at some time from 248 to 250 CE. [2] [3]

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Origin

The German scholar F. Kielhorn suggested that the system began in September 248, the year that began with the month of Asvina. [4] [5] It was first used in Gujarat and Maharashtra (particularly Northern Maharashtra [6] ), from where it spread to Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where it was used until the 13th century CE. [7] Some sources cite an Early Kalachuri era founded in Mahismati through its ruler Maharaja Subandhu who could be an ancestor to the Kalachuris. [8] [ clarification needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar. Some Early dynasties of South India. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 100. ISBN   81-208-2941-7.
  2. ↑ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.). Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1983. pp. v. 4 p. 574. ISBN   978-0-85229-400-0. the Kalacuri era ( AD 248 ), founded by the Abhūrī king Iśvarasena and first used in Gujarat and Mahārāsh-tra and later (until the 13th century) in Madhya Pradesh and as far north as Uttar Pradesh.
  3. ↑ Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar (1974). Some Early dynasties of South India. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 100. ISBN   81-208-2941-7.
  4. ↑ Morgan, E. Delmar (1893). Transactions of the Ninth Oriental Congress of Orientalists, Vol. I. p. 429.
  5. ↑ Indian Antiquary, Volume XIX. Bombay: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1890. p. 228.
  6. ↑ Agnihotri, V.K. (2010). Indian History, Twenty-Sixth Edition. New Delhi: Allied Publishers. pp. xviii. ISBN   978-81-8424-568-4.
  7. ↑ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.). Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1983. pp. v. 4 p. 574. ISBN   978-0-85229-400-0. the Kalacuri era ( AD 248 ), founded by the Abhūrī king Iśvarasena and first used in Gujarat and Mahārāsh-tra and later (until the 13th century) in Madhya Pradesh and as far north as Uttar Pradesh.
  8. ↑ Spink, Walter (2017). Ajanta: History and Development, Volume 7 Bagh, Dandin, Cells and Cell Doorways. Leiden: BRILL. p. 12. ISBN   978-90-04-31968-4.


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