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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
VOLUME XXXI
Page 55, foot-note, 3.- Read 1953-54 for 1954-55
,, 55, foot-note, 4.- Read 424-25 for 224-25
,, 230, line 23.- Add note : The year 108 when the Kailvan inscription was engraved undoubtedly
relates to a date long before the rise of the Imperial Guptas and the foundation of the
Gupta era in 319 A. D. This fact shows that the theories assigning the beginning of the
Kanishka era to 248 A.D. and later are improbable and that it should better be ascribed to
the second half of the first century A.D. and not to the second century. That the Kanishka
era is identical with the Saka era of 78 A. D. is farther indicated by the following evidence.
The Chorasmian archives from Toprakkala in Central Asia contain documents dated
in the years 207 and 231 of some era. Archaeological date suggest that the local palace
and the archives were abandoned at the end of the third century and the beginning of the
fourth. The capital of Chorasmia was transferred from Toprakkala to the city of Kyat
on the Amu Darya during the reign of the Chorasmian king Afrig who came to power in
305 A.D. according to Biruni. Thus the era used in the documents started in the last
quarter of the first century A.D. This must be the same as the Saka era of 78 A. D. and the
years in the said documents referred to dates between 285 and 309 A. D. The use of
the Saka era in Central Asia can only satisfactorily explained if it is identified with the
Kanishka era. See Modern Review, December 1959, p. 452.
VOLUME XXXII
N. B.- We have ignored a large number of misprints in which the umlaut sign has been printed
for the macron.
Page 2, line 11.- Read Brahmi for Brahmi
,, 8, line 12.- Read (XVI) for (XVII)
,, ,, text line 21.- Read (XVI) for (XVII)
,, 9, line 22.- Read Rash?rika for Rashtrika
,, 11, line 23.- Read ºpiya[sa]for ºpiya[aa]
,, 15, line 36.- Read Dharma for Dharms
,, 22, line 6. -Read ma[te]
,, ,, line 7.- Read [ya? sa]kiº
,, 25, foot-note 6.- Read bhumika
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