Odia calendar: Difference between revisions

The [[Anka year]] ({{lang-or|ଅଙ୍କ}} ''Aṅka'') system is a unique [[regnal year]] system instituted by the [[Eastern Ganga dynasty|Eastern Ganga]] kings for dating their reigns. It had a number of features that mark the regnal year different from that actual duration of the year elapsed during the reign. The system still survives today and is used in the Odia panjis to mark the titular regnal year of the King of Puri, Gajapati Maharaja [[Dibyasingha Deb]] of the [[BhoiEastern dynastyGangas of Puri]], whose title carries the legacy of historical ruling monarchs of Odisha.<ref>{{citation |title=Tentative Attributions of some Gold Fanams of the Eastern Gangas |publisher=BU |url=https://www.academia.edu/2771794/Tentative_Attributions_of_some_Gold_Fanams_of_the_Eastern_Gangas |author=Pankaj Tandon |date=2012 |access-date=25 January 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Coins of the Eastern Gangas ruler Anantavarman Chodaganga |publisher=BU |url=https://www.academia.edu/32275350/Coins_of_the_Eastern_Gangas_ruler_Anantavarman_Chodaganga |author=Pankaj Tandon |date=2018 |access-date=25 January 2021 }}</ref>