KNOWLEDGE FROM COSMOS

  Eras “हम अंग्रेज़ों के ज़माने के जेलर हैं” This famous dialogue from a film summarises what an era is and how life is affected due to an era. The following regnal eras elaborate on this. Harsha Era    The era was founded by  हर्षवर्धन , of Thanesar and Kanauj, from the 1 st year of his reign. Al Biruni mentions the beginning of this era, referring to Panchang /Almanack available in Kashmir, as 664 years after Vikram Samvat, 664-57=607 CE.  He ruled from 606 CE to 647 CE   An inscription of Bhoj Deva of Kannauj, Pehowa inscription from the temple of Garibnath, is dated as 276 in figures and in words (translated as two hundred exceeded by seventy-six Shukla paksha of Vaishakh ) –Samvat 276 Vaishakh sudi 7. So, referring to the Harsha era, the inscription is dated 606+276=882 CE Inscriptions discovered in Nepal by Pandit Bhagwan Lal are records of King Amshuverma of Nepal. They are dated as Samvat 34, 35, 45, etc. When converted by adding ...

  Eras Different regions of India have used various eras for their accounting years, ranging from  Luni-solar to solar systems, Amanta and Purnimanta methods. These differences in practice arise from the adoption of distinct interpretations of Hindu science by various tribes and kingdoms. When a segment of people migrate out of their home place to another, they continue to use their own era, calendar, notwithstanding that another era may be in use in the new place. In doing so, they tend to mix up the calendar and treat it from their own point of view. This is one of the main problems while ascertaining the antiquity of the past.   It is therefore difficult to point out the kind of year, Solar or Luni Solar, arrangements of months and fortnights to a particular era. However, one thing is certain: Luni Solar years follow the Chaitradi system, and Solar years follow the Meshadi system to their corresponding solar reckoning. Chedi or Kalchuri Era Some inscriptions and plates...