Azes era

The "Azes era" (also known as the Aja/Ajasa era), was named after the Indo-Scythian king, "King Azes the Great" or Azes I. Many writers have recently considered it identical to the Vikrama era of 58 BCE, although not all scholars agreed. Recent research shows that they were indeed separate eras, and that the Azes era can be dated with a high degree of likelihood to c. 48/47 or 47/46 BCE, depending on whether it began in the spring or the autumn.^[1]

As a number of inscriptions are dated in this era it is of great importance in dating the reigns of several kings and events in early Indian history.

Footnotes

↑ Falk and Bennett (2009), pp. 197-215.

References

Harry Falk and Chris Bennett (2009). "Macedonian Intercalary Months and the Era of Azes". Acta Orientalia (70): 197–215. ISSN 0001-6438. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
Senior, R. C, (2008). "The Final Nail in the Coffin of Azes II." Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 197 (2008), pp. 25–27.

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