Articles on Saka Era South
Notes and Queries
By Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1953
Notes and Queries,” edited by Dr. D. C. Sircar, presents a series of short scholarly discussions on diverse historical topics. The first note responds to Dasharatha Sharma’s interpretation of the title Balavalabbibbujanga borne by the Bengali scholar…
The Spread of the Saka Era to South India
By V. V. Mirashi · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1951
V.V. Mirashi’s article ‘The Spread of the Saka Era in South India’ is a rejoinder to comments by D.C. Sircar regarding Mirashi’s earlier hypothesis that the Saka era reached the Deccan through a dynasty of Saka chiefs. Mirashi first notes two records Sircar…
The Spread of the Saka Era in South India
By Dineshchandra Sircar · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1951
D.C. Sircar challenges V.V. Mirashi’s claim that the Saka era was absent from South India between Saka years 46 and 465 and reappeared under a hypothetical southern Saka dynasty. Sircar argues that Mirashi misidentifies ‘Mahisa‑visaya’; inscriptions like the…