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CHRONOLOGIES AND CALENDARS.
- The Christian era.
- Era of Hegira.
- China's Anno Regni.
- Jewish calendar.
- Russian or old style.
- Samvat era.
- Bengali calendar.
- Fusli calendar.
- The indication cycles.
136. A table such as the foregoing will show how utterly insular it is—a proof also of narrow-mindedness—to claim the quality of universality for any one chronology.[1] Even in Europe, the continent of 'light and leading,' there are four calendars in daily use, New Style, Old Style, Jewish, and Hegira. In the two Americas the Christian era is the rule, though the Jewish is an important exception. In Asia, legion is the appropiate chronological adjective for:—
| A.H. and A.D. | are predominant in Turkey in Asia |
| A.H. | are predomi„nant in„ Arabia |
| A.D., A.M., and A.H. | are predomi„nant in„ Palestine |
| A.H. | are predomi„nant in„ Persia |
| Nos. 6, 7, 8 (supra), also A.H. and A.D. | are predomi„nant in„ India |
| Regnal year, lunar month, no week, cycles of 60 in histories, and A.H. | are predomi„nant in„ China |
| Regnal years and lunar months | are predomi„nant in„ Japan |
| A.D. (old style) | are predomi„nant in„ Asiatic Russia |
- ↑ The charge of insularity in the analogous domain of weights and measures has been levelled very recently at British commerce.
