HINDOO ERAS. 89 



In India the Adhikmasa, or embolismic 

 month is always introduced between March and 

 September ; but in Sindh the emboHsm does 

 not appear to be confined to any particular 

 time. Astronomical calculations are made by 

 the Brahmuns, who prepare their Almanacs, 

 '' JuntrihaU^^ every year ; these, however, are 

 but little used by the masses, as the Brah- 

 muns write them in Sanscrit, in order to 

 render them unintelligible to the common 

 people, for the purpose of constituting them- 

 selves the sole explainers of their meaning. 



The era usually referred to in official and 

 revenue papers and accounts in Sindh is 

 the Faslee ; but in books, inscriptions, and 

 Mahomedan writings generally, the Plijreo 

 is employed. The Hindoos of Sindh use the 

 Sambat, or Vikramaditya's Era, which dates 

 from the death of that monarch at Ujjam, 

 A. c. 57. They are cognizant of the existence 

 of the several Yoga^ or periods, and know 

 that the present is the Kali Yoga, although 

 they rarely, if ever, assume its commence- 

 ment as an era. 



