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| THAILAND CALENDAR |
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| THE BUDHIST ERA |
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| SINCE 1913 THAILAND COINS USE THE BUDHIST CALENDAR. |
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| IT IS A SOLAR YEAR (365 days). |
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| WHEN IS THE NEW YEAR (the date changes)? |
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| ON 30 APRIL. |
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| WHEN IS THE YEAR ZERO (beginning of contage)? |
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| 543 B.C. |
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| WHY 543 B.C. ? |
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| THE YEAR BUDHA WAS BORN (So I was told. I did not find this date in the books). |
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| SIMPLE. WE DEDUCT 543 FROM THE DATE WE READ. |
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| Example: |
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| Year 2543-543=2000 A.C. |
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2539 |
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| THE BANGKOK ERA |
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| IS THE BUDHIST ERA THE SINGLE CALENDAR? |
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| NO THERE IS (on the coins before 1913) ANOTHER CALENDAR. |
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| THEBANGKOK CALENDAR (called also Ratanakosind-sok era). |
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| WHEN DID IT BEGAN? |
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| ON 1782 A.C. |
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| HOW DO WE CALCULATE THE YEAR? |
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| WE ADD 1781 TO THE YEAR. |
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| Example: |
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| Year 130 +1781=1913 A.C. |
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| THE LITTLE ERA |
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| WERE THE BUDHIST AND BANGKOK THE ONLY CALENDARS USED ? |
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| NO.THERE WAS ALSO THE LITTLE CALENDAR (called also Chula-Sarakat). |
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| WHEN DID THE CONTING BEGIN BEGIN? |
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| ON 638 A.C. |
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| YOU KNOW WHY? |
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| I DON'T. TELL ME PLEASE. |
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| HOW DO WE CALCULATE THE YEAR? |
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| JUST ADD THIS NUMBER TO THE DATE ON THE COIN. |
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