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Saka Era Origins

3 articles on Saka Era Origins from Sambodhi, The Indian Historical Quarterly, published 1928–1973. Each entry has a summary of the article; open it for the full summary, citation and original PDF.

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Sambodhi · 2The Indian Historical Quarterly · 1

Articles on Saka Era Origins

  1. Did Castana Start the Śaka Era?

    By Rasesh Jamindar · Sambodhi, 1973

    Did Caṣṭana Start the Śaka Era? revisits the origin of the Śaka Era, an epoch used throughout South and Southeast Asia. Rasesh Jamindar surveys previous hypotheses and tests them against epigraphic and numismatic evidence. Early scholars such as Bhagwanlal…

  2. Samkhya-Nasaka Madhava

    By Esther A. Solomon · Sambodhi, 1973

    Mādhava was a prominent but controversial Sāṅkhya philosopher, often referred to as Sāṅkhya-nāśaka or Sāṅkhya-nāyaka in Buddhist and Mīmāṁsā literature, suggesting either he distorted or revolutionized Sāṅkhya thought. Buddhist thinkers like Dignāga and…

  3. The Date of Kaniska

    By Hari Charan Ghosh · The Indian Historical Quarterly, 1928

    This article tackles the long-standing problem of dating Kanishka, the Kushan emperor associated with the start of a new era. Scholars have debated whether the era used in inscriptions and documents is the Vikrama era (57 B.C.), the Azes era (58/56 B.C.) or a…