Abhira era

The Abhira era also called the Haihaya era (later known as the Kalachuri or Chedi era)[1][2] was a Hindu system of year numbering started by the Abhira King Ishwarsena in which the year numbering started at some time from 248-250 CE.[3][4]

  1. ^ Archaeology, India Dept of (1959). Indian Archaeology: A Review. Department of Archaeology. p. 42.
  2. ^ Luard, Charles Eckford (1908). A Bibliography of the Literature Dealing with the Central India Agency: To which is Added a Series of Chronological Tables. Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 51.
  3. ^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.). Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1983. pp. v. 4 p. 574. ISBN 978-0-85229-400-0. the Kalacuri era ( AD 248 ), founded by the Abhūrī king Iśvarasena and first used in Gujarat and Mahārāsh-tra and later (until the 13th century) in Madhya Pradesh and as far north as Uttar Pradesh.
  4. ^ Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar (1974). Some Early dynasties of South India. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 100. ISBN 81-208-2941-7.

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