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 nowadays go back much further, and in diplomas (bi-lingual documents, Latin and English,) two dates are stated, 'The year of our Lord' and 'of Light,' the latter being dated from 4004 B.C. But it must be remembered that (a) the Jewish Free Masons ususe [sic] the Anno Mundi date instead of the A.D.; (b) Moslems, the era of Mohammed; (c) the Hindoo Free Masons, the Samvat and (d) the Chinese Free Masons, the regnal year and lunar month.

. —This term is sometimes found in histories of Hindustan; and is commonly reckoned to run from the year 632 A.D, But it has only local interest when compared with the imperial importance of the principal Hindoo eras.