Kalacuri Era

Kalacuri Era

The Kalacuri Era was a Hindu system of year numbering started by the Abhira King Isvarasenacite book |title=Some Early Dyanasties of South India |last=Chattopadhyaya |first=Sudhakar |year= |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=8120829417 |pages=p. 100 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=78I5lDHU2jQC&pg=PA100&dq=%22Kalacuri+Era%22+-wikipedia&num=100&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=PU0xJd1jXCPtq7ZYtsNocsj_C6E] , in which the year numbering started at some time from 248-250 CEcite book |title=The New Encyclopaedia Britannica |year=1974 |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |isbn=0852292902 |pages=v. 4 p. 574 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Eb0qAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Kalacuri+Era%22+-wikipedia&dq=%22Kalacuri+Era%22+-wikipedia&num=100&ie=ISO-8859-1&pgis=1] . It was first used in Gujurat and Maharashtra, from where it spread to Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh where it was used until the 13th century CE.

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