CONTENTS AND TABLES OF PART II. 



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Eras of ancient and modern times, 1 



The Roman year, 2 



The Julian reformation of the calendar, 4 



The Olympiads of Greece, 4 



The Christian era — old and new style, . 5 



Eras of Constantinople , Alexandria, Abyssinia, 7 



The Jewish era, 8 



Era of Nabonassar — Egyptian, >. 9 



Julian Period — era of martyrs — of Alexander, 10 



Eras of Seleucus— Tyre — Antioch — of Abraham, of the Ceesars — (Spanish,) 11 



French Revolutionary Calendar, , 12 



Era of the Armenians, 13 



The Hejira, or flight of Mahammed, 13 



Chinese and Japanese Cycle, 14 



Indian Chronology— Solar or Siderial Year, 17 



Table I. — Seasons, signs, months, and lunar mansions, 18 



II. — Divisions of the day, 19 



III. — Hindu Planetary System, 21 



1. — Eras dependent on the Solar Year, 22 



2. — Luni-solar year, 22 



Era of Vikramaditya, 25 



Balabhi and Siva Singha eras, 26 



3. — Cycles, Era of Parasurama, of Vrihaspati, &c 27 



Tibetan Calendar, 29 



Table IV. — Vrihaspati Chakra, (or Cycle of Jupiter,) 31 



Eras of Buddha in various countries, 32 



Jain era of Mahavira, 33 



Burmese and Nipalese eras, 34 



4. — Eras derived from the Hejira ; — Fasli, 34 



Tarikh Iliihi of Akber, 37 



Shahur or Sur era of Maharashtra, 38 



Jalus Suns — Rajabhishek 39 



Tabular View of Eras used in India, 40 



Directions for using the Chronological Tables, 41 



Table V. — Subdivision of Mohammedan year, 43 



VI. — Ahargana Chandramana, or luni-solar periods, 50 



VII. — Subdivision of Hindu luni-solar year, 51 



VIII. — Solar Ahargana or lapsed periods, 52 



IX.— Epochs of Hindu Solar years, in European dates, 52 



X. — Subdivision of Hindu Siderial year, 53 



