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about 60 years earlier, that is, from A.D. 130 to 154. All the
inscriptions noted above, therefore, belong to the 2nd century of the
Christian era, that is, a long time before the date of Ârya Bhatta or
Varâhamihira, whose works seem so have established, if not
introduced, the present system of measuring time by seasons,
months, fortnights and days. It is, therefore, clear that eighteen
hundred years ago, dates or events were recorded and ascertained
by mentioning only the season, the fortnight and the day of the
fortnight, without any reference to the month of the year; and we
might very well suppose that several centuries before this period
these dates were given by a still more simple method, namely, by
mentioning only the season and the day of that season. And, as a
matter of fact, we do find this method of measuring time, viz., by
seasons and days, adopted in the Avesta to mark the particular days
of the year. Thus in the Âfrigân Gâhanbâr (I, 7-12), as written in some
manuscripts mentioned by Westergaard in his notes ort the Âfrigân,
there is a statement of the different rewards which a Mazdayasnian
receives in the next life for what he gives as present in this to the
Ratu (religious head); and we have therein such expressions as “On
the 45th (day) of Maidhyô-Zaremya, i.e., on (the day) Dae of (the
month) Ardibehest;” or “On the 60th (day) of Maidhyôshma, i.e., on
(the day) Dae of (the month) Tîr;” and so on. Here each date is given
in two different ways: first by mentioning the Gâhanbâr or the season
(the year being divided into six Gâhanbârs), and the day of that
season; and secondly, by mentioning the month and the day of that
month. Strictly speaking there is no necessity to adopt this double
method of marking the days