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 Hindu Calendars -Era Lakshman Sen Era This era was in use in the Mithila and Tirhut areas (Nepal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and parts of Bengal). The Sena (Sen) dynasty ruled areas around Bengal and Mithila from the 11th to the 12th centuries. Originated in the Karnat (Karnataka) region; migrated eastward and established their kingdom in Bengal. The Key rulers of the Sen Dynasty were Hemanta Sena (founder) Vijaya Sena Ballala Sena Lakshman Sena The earliest notice of this era was revealed by the inscriptions from Bodh Gaya, wherein a different date was discovered. The inscription, as translated by Babu Rajendra Lal, reads  “After expiration of the reign of auspicious Lakshman Sen deva”. Most of the inscriptions and colophons found mention the date with respect to the reign of Lakshman Sen, of Sen Dynasty. The historians and scholars have divergent views on the beginning of this era’s epoch. The dates vary from 1105 CE to 1109 CE.  There are records which men...

  Eras in India Kollam Era or Era of Parshuram Kollam Era (also known as  Malayalam Era ,  Kollavarsham  or  Malayalam Calendar  or  Malabar Era  or  Nasrani Era ) is a solar and sidereal calendar used in Kerala, India. The origin of the calendar has been dated as 825 CE (Pothu Varsham) at Kollam (Quilon). It replaced the traditional Hindu calendar used widely elsewhere in India and is now prominently used in Kerala. All temple events, festivals and agricultural events in the state are still decided according to the dates in the Malayalam calendar.  See  Parshuram Era   for cycles of 1000 Years There are two versions of calendars.  The Malabar calendar is generally in the Northern part of Kerala - Kozhikode (or Calicut); and the Travancore or Kollam(or Quilon) calendar (Kollavarsham) is used in the Southern part of Kerala.  Incidentally, there are two versions of th...