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APPENDIX® 
NO. VIII. 
TRANSLATION OF A BURMESE CHRONOLOGICAL 
TABLE. 
N. B. B. C. Before Christ. A. D. the year of our Lord. G. E* 
the Grand Epoch. S. E. Sacred Epoch, or Era of Gautama. P. E„ 
Prome Epoch, more correctly, the Era of Salivana. V. E. the Vulgar 
or Common Burman Era. 
B. C. 
G. E. 
691 
1 
The grand epoch established by An-ja-na ? 
the grandfather of Gautama. 
62 8 
68 
Gautama born. 
608 
84 
Gautama began to reign. 
589 
103 
Gautama obtained deification (became a 
Buddha). 
551 
141 
Ajatasat began to reign. 
544 
148 
Gautama died and obtained Nib-b’han (anni¬ 
hilation.) 
S. E. 
543 
149 
1 The Sacred Epoch established by 
King Ajatasat. 
520 
172 
24 His son U-da-ya-bad-da, began to 
reign. 
496 
196 
48 His son Muny-da, and after him his 
son Na-ga-da-sa. 
485 
207 
59 Maha Sam-b ? ha-wa. 
478 
214 
66 His younger brother Chula Sam-b’ha- 
wa, began to reign. 
472 
220 
72 Su-sa-na-ga in Maj-ji-ma (central 
India). 
