48 Pavana-ditam or Wind-Messenger. [ March, 1905. 
_ (2) Crimal- uprestie ees -atita-rajye sam 74 Vaiga- 
kha-vadi 12 Gura 
Literally, these would mean—‘ years * or 74 expired of 
Laksmanasena’s reign,” 7.¢., his regnal years. But may not the 
years really refer to that of a general era elias fell in that king’s 
reign? Several such instances are known in Indian epigra- 
phy, ¢.g.— 
(1) In the J unagarh inscription of Rudradaman— 
1, 4—* Rudradamno varshe dvi-saptatitame 70 2.” 
(2) In nan ate inscription of Candragupta II— 
l. 1O—* Crz-Candragupta-rajya samevatsare 80 8.5” 
(3) ae per of ee 
1. 6— Ort 
Vv aa ya 
9 Ajya-samwatsar "e shan-1 -nav ate. 74 
(4) piel inscription of Kumaragupta I— 
—* Cri-Kumiaragupta-rajya-samavatsare 90 8,” 
(5) Kosam inscription of Bhimavarman— 
I. 1—* ; eeabarejatys Cri-Bhimavarmanah saiwat 100 
HA Age 
(6) Halsi plates of Kakusthavarman— 
1, 4—* Sva-vdijayike acititame samvatsare.” 7 
n (1) the eae is referred to Caka era and in (2) to (5) 
the ie to Gupta e hey are not considered to be regnal years. 
More facts are nied to arrive at a reliable conclusion. On 
The era is from the existing data the safest theory at present 
the > age of first is to take the first year of the era as the 
year. st year of the dynastic founder, and to 
believe that on the accession of Laksmanasena, the era was 
pose rom! adopted or made so wi idely prevalent that the era: 
ame e own as Laksmanasena’s. This eory meets the 
obyectins above raised on the ground of length of years or the 
dates of compilation of the Dana-sagara and the Adbhuta-sagara- 
It ‘also helps to explain the following additional facts :— 
n the Deopara inscription, v. 20, Vijayasena is described to 
have assailed the lord of Gauda, to have put down the prince of 
Kémariipa and defeated the Kalinga. In the succeeding vere, 21, 
d. Ant. X 
Ep. ‘Ind., vir, ge “ee and note 6. 
Fleet’s Gupta Inscriptions, p. 37. 
o p. 43 
: 
3 
+ . 
. ” ” p. 41, 
uy: 
” p. 267. 
Ind. Ant, VI, p. 23, 
