What calendar did the Mauryan Empire use?
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There is no evidence for any calendar system in India at the time of Ashoka. His inscriptions do not mention any dates. Sometimes historians need to admit that they do not have the answers.
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The Mauryan empire used the Vedic calendar(s), many versions of it, and later the Greco-Indian calendar For more info see: Calendars in India.
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