Vikram Samvat
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Vikram Samvat known as the Vikrami or Bikrami calendar, is a Hindu calendar historically used in the Indian subcontinent and still used in several Indian states and Nepal. It is a lunisolar calendar,
The Jain monk Kalakacharya and the Saka king (Kalakacharya Katha manuscript, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai)
Shaka era
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The Shaka era also known as Shali Vahana is a historical Hindu calendar era, the epoch of which corresponds to 78 CE. The Shaka era uses expired, elapsed, or complete years, where a year must have ela
Vikram Samvat
…Samvat as Margsheersh Shukla Saptami Samvat 2006. A call has been made for the Vikram Samvat to replace the Saka calendar as India's official calendar. Saka era Hindu units of time…
Coin of Western Satrap ruler Damasena. The minting date, here 153 (100-50-3 in Brahmi script numerals) of the Saka era, therefore 231 CE, clearly appears behind the head of the king.
Mohar of Gorkhali king Prithvi Narayan Shah dated Shaka era 1685 (AD 1763)