Abhira era
The Abhira era also called the Haihaya era (later known as the Kalachuri or Chedi era)[1][2] was a Hindu system of year numbering started by the Abhira King Ishwarsena in which the year numbering started at some time from 248-250 CE.[3][4]
Origin
The German scholar F. Kielhorn suggested that the system began in September 248, the year that began with the month of Asvina.[5][6] It was first used in Gujarat and Maharashtra (particularly Northern Maharashtra[7]), from where it spread to Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where it was used until the 13th century CE.[8] Some sources cite an Early Kalachuri era founded in Mahismati through its ruler Maharaja Subandhu who could be an ancestor to the Kalachuris.[9][clarification needed]
See also
- History of Nashik
- Abhira dynasty
- Traikutaka dynasty
- Kalachuri dynasty
- Kalachuris of Tripuri
References
- ^ Archaeology, India Dept of (1959). Indian Archaeology: A Review. Department of Archaeology. p. 42.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar (1974). Some Early dynasties of South India. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 100. ISBN 81-208-2941-7.
- ^ Morgan, E. Delmar (1893). Transactions of the Ninth Oriental Congress of Orientalists, Vol. I. p. 429.
- ^ Indian Antiquary, Volume XIX. Bombay: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1890. p. 228.
- ^ Agnihotri, V.K. (2010). Indian History, Twenty-Sixth Edition. New Delhi: Allied Publishers. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-81-8424-568-4.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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