reaches one year old. The uncounted first year of the era is numbered as year zero.

The era has been widely used in different regions of the Indian subcontinent as well as in Southeast Asia. According to the Government of India, it is referred as the Shalivahana Era (IAST: Salivahana).

History

The origin of the Shaka era is highly controversial. There are two Shaka era systems

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