Shaka era

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The Shaka era (IAST: Śaka, Śāka) also known as Shali Vahana (S.V) is a historical Hindu calendar era. It is referred as the Shalivahana Era or Śālivāhana. The Shaka era uses expired, elapsed, or complete years, where a year must have elapsed before it can be counted. This is similar to the Western method of determining a person's age, whose first year must have been completed before that person reaches one year old. The epoch (its year zero) of which corresponds to 78 CE. The era has been widely used in different regions of the Indian subcontinent as well as in Southeast Asia.

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