Kalachuri era

The Kalachuri era also called the Chedi era or the Haihaya era[1][2][3] was a Hindu system of year numbering started by King Isvarasena[4] ,in which the year numbering started at some time from 248-250 CE.[4][5]

Origin

The German scholar F. Kielhorn suggested that the system began in September 248, the year that began with the month of Asvina.[6][7] It was first used in Gujarat and Maharashtra (particularly Northern Maharashtra[8]), from where it spread to Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where it was used until the 13th century CE.[5]

Usage by Dynasties

Inscriptions dated in the Kalachuri-Chedi era have been issued by several dynasties, including:[9][10]

  • The Maharajas of Valkha
  • The Traikutakas
  • The Kalachuris
  • The Maitrakas of Valabhi
  • The early Gurjaras
  • The early Chalukyas of Gujarat
  • The Sendrakas
  • The dynasty of Hariscandras

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Archaeology, India Dept of (1959). Indian Archaeology: A Review. Department of Archaeology. p. 42.
  3. ↑ Luard, Charles Eckford (1908). A Bibliography of the Literature Dealing with the Central India Agency: To which is Added a Series of Chronological Tables. Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 51.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar (1974). Some Early dynasties of South India. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 100. ISBN 81-208-2941-7.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 The New Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica. 1974. pp. v. 4 p. 574. ISBN 0-85229-290-2.
  6. ↑ Morgan, E. Delmar (1893). Transactions of the Ninth Oriental Congress of Orientalists, Vol. I. p. 429.
  7. ↑ Indian Antiquary, Volume XIX. Bombay: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1890. p. 228.
  8. ↑ Agnihotri, V.K. (2010). Indian History, Twenty-Sixth Edition. New Delhi: Allied Publishers. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-81-8424-568-4.
  9. ↑ Dutta, Saroj (1995). Land System in Northern India, C. AD 400-c. AD 700. Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 978-81-215-0657-1.
  10. ↑ Journal of the Epigraphical Society of India. The Society. 1987. p. 43.
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