Talk:Buddhist calendar

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[edit] Historical use and eras

Thank you all for the good information ! it was not mentioned in the article that how many years "buddhist countries" have used "huddhist calendar". For example, does any one know did Thailand mark years in B.E. or A.D. at Ayuthaya times ? Somebody told me they have only used B.E. for 60 years or so !! ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.191.207.104 (talk • contribs) 05:24, 31 August 2007

The last paragraph in the article, beginning "Four eras ...", answers most of your questions. All four eras mentioned, Anchansakarat, Buddhasakarat, Mahasakarat, and Chulasakarat, can be called Buddhist eras because they were all used with the Buddhist calendar. A solar Buddhist era beginning 1 January has only been used in Thailand since 1940. But its original lunisolar form (Buddhasakarat) beginning after our modern April, using the Sanskrit month names given in the article, was used before 1940 (maybe from 1767?). That paragraph states that the Chulasakarat era was adopted in Thailand in the mid-13th century, whereas the Ayutthaya Kingdom began in the mid-14th century, so the Chulasakarat era was used by the Ayutthaya Kingdom during most of its existence. — Joe Kress 21:55, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

In Thailand there have been official four eras, but I never heard Anahansakarat before; I might be wrong. There have been Mahasakarat → Chulasakarat → Rattanakosin era (known as Rattanakosinsok) → Buddhasakarat --Manop - TH (talk) 05:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)