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 * 1) The Christian era.
 * 2) Era of Hegira.
 * 3) China's Anno Regni.
 * 4) Jewish calendar.
 * 5) Russian or old style.
 * 6) Samvat era.
 * 7) Bengali calendar.
 * 8) Fusli calendar.
 * 9) The indicationindiction [sic] cycles.

. 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. 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 appropiateappropriate [sic] chronological adjective for:—