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from which deduct 19° 21’ for its longitude in the Hindu sphere = 13° 58’ 
18’, whereas the longitude of Bharani’s yoga is 8°. 
I place the Argonautic colure in the Hindu ecliptic on the following 
grounds :—admitting that colure in 1689 or 1690 to have cut the ecliptic in 
x 6° 29! 15”, its place must now be 36° 29/ 15” 4 *1° 23/ 20” = 87° 52’ 35” 
from the beginning of Aries, from which subtract the Aynansa 19° 21’, 
the remainder 18° 31’ 35” is the longitude of the Argonautic colure in the 
Hindu ecliptic, which falls in Bharani 5° 11! 35’, and is 4° 48! 25” distant 
from the 10th degree of Bharani. 
If I have laid it down nearer it is an error. 
XVI. 
Gardens 11 April 1790 
My dear Sir, 
Another holiday has enabled me to solve (unless I am deceived) the 
problem with which I troubled you, and which highly interests me in my 
inquiry concerning Indian jurisprudence. 
Vardhdchdrya lived, as all agree, in the Caliyug ; but, by his own account, 
the place of the vernal equinox in his time was the Ist of Mésha: he 
lived therefore at the end of the libratory period, or in the3600" year of 
the Caliyug ; that is, 1290 years before A.D. 1789, or A.D. 499; and from 
the ayandnsa of the Hindus, at 54’ a year, or 19° 21’, we find 1290 years 
to have elapsed, though in truth the precession in that period, at 50’ a 
year, was but 17° 55’ at the beginning of 1789. But the equinox had 
gone back 23° 20’ between Pardsar and Vardha, which precession at 507 
a year, gives us 1680 years: so that Pardsar flourished 1181 years before 
Christ = 1680 + 1290 = 2970 from A.D. 1789. 
I know you to be so busy that I will not trouble you with more: I only 
request that you will critically examine my reasoning, and, if it be erroneous, 
correct it. When Mr. Grant is arrived, and you have more leisure, you 
will have more trouble from 
Dear Sir, 
Your faithful 
& affectionate 
W. JONES. 
* Precession in 100 years. 
