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WESTERN CHALUKYAS Era probably counted from some conquest What could be the reason or basis for such a consistent adoption of Saka 600 as the starting point in both the cases ? There must have happened at this time some event which justified the introduction or adoption, even in stray cases, of a new era, the commencement of which was assumed to be in or about Śaka 600—A. D. 678. From the Togarchēḍu plates of the Western Chāḷukya king Vinayāditya, it would appear that the king’s reign commenced in Śaka 601 (Indian Antiquary, Vol, VI, p. 85). Almost all the genuinely dated records of this king place his accession in the zone of Saka 600-602, and it is not impossible that some unique event occurred at this period which was evidently looked upon as anepoch. Vinayāditya’s well-established success over a northern king and his acquisition of a pālidhvaja banner probably gave rise to such a land-mark. It is to be admitted, no doubt, that no such important event is emphasised in the king’s own inscriptions. It is equally possible that his conquest of all the southern monarchs including the Trairājya-Pallava forces, at the command of his father Vikramāditya, which must have happened about this period accounted for this year being looked upon as an important epoch (Vide Ep. Ind., Vol XXII, p. 28). It is evident that the appearance of two copper-plate grants (though apparently spurious) dated with such plausible consistency with reference to Śaka 600 throws some importance over that period.
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