Indian History - 2

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I found this interesting article in Gujarat Samachar.. Will xlate it in full if people are interested.

http://gujaratsamachar.com/gsa/20051028/gu...arat/news6.html

Basically it talks about the different calendars that were in use besides the Vikram Samvat which is what is predominantly in use these days.. In the table towards the end they give a summary of the various samvats during various periods in history.

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3101 - Kaliyug
2449 - Yudhishthir Samvat
544 - Buddha Nirvana Samvat
527 - Vir Nirvana Samvat
200 - Aguptayik Samvat
57 - Vikram Samvat

Period 1 - 500 AD

78 - Shak Samvat
249 - Kalchuri Samvat
318-319 - Gupta-Vallabhi Samvat
492 - Mallasan
496 - Gangeyasan

Period 501-700 AD

548 - Magisan
572 - Mavludisun
579 - Anshu Varma samvat
590 - Tripura Samvat
592 - Fasla, Vilayati, Amali San
593 - Bengali san
599 - Shahoor san
606 - Harsha san
622 - Hijri san <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo-->
624 - Bhatik san
630 - Jarshosti san

701-1700 AD

824 - Kollum
831 - Bhaum kar
879 - Newari
1075 - Chalukya Vikram
1173 - Sinh Samvat
1179 - Laxmansen Samvat
1191 - VirBallal san
1199 - Balali san
1202 - Parganati san
1341 - PuduVaippu san
1510 - Kuchbihar san
1556 - Elahi san <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rolleyes.gif' /><!--endemo-->
1674 - Rajyabhishek Samvat

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