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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 King Ishwarsena in which the year numbering started at some time from 248-250 CE.[1][2]

Origin

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The German scholar F. Kielhorn suggested that the system began in September 248, the year that began with the month of Asvina.[3][4] It was first used in Gujarat and Maharashtra (particularly Northern Maharashtra[5]), from where it spread to Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where it was used until the 13th century CE.[6] Some sources cite an Early Kalachuri era founded in Mahismati through its ruler Maharaja Subandhu who could be an ancestor to the Kalachuris.[7][clarification needed]

See also

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References

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  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. ^ Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar (1974). Some Early dynasties of South India. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 100. ISBN 81-208-2941-7.
  3. ^ Morgan, E. Delmar (1893). Transactions of the Ninth Oriental Congress of Orientalists, Vol. I. p. 429.
  4. ^ Indian Antiquary, Volume XIX. Bombay: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1890. p. 228.
  5. ^ Agnihotri, V.K. (2010). Indian History, Twenty-Sixth Edition. New Delhi: Allied Publishers. pp. xviii. ISBN 978-81-8424-568-4.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.