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<p>This book initially was published under the title Manual of Indian Chronology. This volume is dedicated to the study and research on Indian traditional dates and chronologies. It contains an exhibition of traditional and ancient Indian chronology a depiction of solar and lunar eclipses and planet positions used in discovering ages and an assessment of nomenclatures used in measuring times such as ghatika palas kalas tithis and nakshatras in order to predict the timeperiods and chronological phases. In this book the author looks at the Indian astronomy and Indian chronology also the usage of tables for the assessment of lunar/solar cycles etc. and the positions of planets and the planetary chronology starting from the first century bc onwards. About the Author ‘Diwan Bahadur’ L.D. Swamikannu Pillai (18651925) was an Indian politician linguist and astronomer and was the second president of the Madras Legislative Council. He was appointed as the Companion of the Imperial Service Order (1917) and Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (1924). He authored books like An Indian Ephemeris a.d. 1800 to a.d. 2000 and Panchang and Horoscope.</p>