07-03-2008, 05:37 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Bodhi+Jul 3 2008, 05:22 PM-->QUOTE(Bodhi @ Jul 3 2008, 05:22 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin--><!--QuoteBegin-Ashok Kumar+Jul 3 2008, 10:05 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Ashok Kumar @ Jul 3 2008, 10:05 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Because we know in the present year, the vikrami new year of samvat 2065 happened in Gregorian calendar year 2008 AD.
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Ashokji, that is what I am curious about. How have Indologists concluded that vikram samvat started X number of years before the georgian calendar and x is 57/58. How was the relationship set up between the two calendars (any inscription or work of text or coinage, establishing a third independent datum between the two?)
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Bodhiji,
I am not sure I am understanding your concerns preceisely. Why do we need a 3rd independent datum? Wouldn't knowing the current year in both the systems be enough to backtrack?
Vikrami samvat year is mentioned in Indian panchangas. And the panchanga makers tell us that the current year is 2065 vikrami. Those panchanga makers use traditinal hindu astronomy for their calculations and have no contact with the indologists per se. And we also know that present year is 2008 Gregorian. It is a matter of simple backtracking then.
May be the question you are trying to ask is this:
"On what basis do the hindu panchanga makers believe that the Vikrami era started 2065 years ago"?
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Ashokji, that is what I am curious about. How have Indologists concluded that vikram samvat started X number of years before the georgian calendar and x is 57/58. How was the relationship set up between the two calendars (any inscription or work of text or coinage, establishing a third independent datum between the two?)
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Bodhiji,
I am not sure I am understanding your concerns preceisely. Why do we need a 3rd independent datum? Wouldn't knowing the current year in both the systems be enough to backtrack?
Vikrami samvat year is mentioned in Indian panchangas. And the panchanga makers tell us that the current year is 2065 vikrami. Those panchanga makers use traditinal hindu astronomy for their calculations and have no contact with the indologists per se. And we also know that present year is 2008 Gregorian. It is a matter of simple backtracking then.
May be the question you are trying to ask is this:
"On what basis do the hindu panchanga makers believe that the Vikrami era started 2065 years ago"?