Journal & Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1921 (New Series)

The argument that such an early date of Dharmapala ill suits the supposition that he married the daughter of Paravala who is known to have ruled in 761 A. D. is of no great weight for the identity of this Paravala with the father-in-law of Dharinapalft must depend upon the date of the latter and; besides the published facsimile raises great. [...] 1. That the initial date of the era 11119 A. D. itt the (itt of the accession of Laksmanasena the grandson of Vijayasenta. [...] These considerations raise grave doubts about the correcness of the deduction that the epoch of the Laktunanasena era is the year %)f the acces.4ion of that monarch. [...] The fact seems to be that with the destruction of the Hindu monarchy the reekonimt was made from the end of Lakttmapasenies reign and it isms be held on the analogy of the inscriptions of Govinclapzilcleva that the expressions used in connection with this reckoning would be either such full titles as Lak.. [...] An artificial era was therefore set in with the date of the accession of Vijayasena the founder of the greatness of the family as the initial year.