Buddhist calendar
History
The Buddhist Era was first introduced to Southeast Asia along with Buddhism in the early centuries CE. It was not a separate calendar but simply a year numbering system that employed the organization and calculation methods of the prevailing lunisolar calendars in use throughout the region.

Buddhist calendar

Section Title: History
Table Section Text: The Buddhist Era was first introduced to Southeast Asia along with Buddhism in the early centuries CE. It was not a separate calendar but simply a year numbering system that employed the organization and calculation methods of the prevailing lunisolar calendars in use throughout the region.

Name	Epochal date	Notes

Anjana Sakaraj	10 March 691 BCE	Said to have been started by the Buddha's maternal grandfather King Añjana Used to date the events during the Buddha's lifetime

Buddhist Era	13 May 544 BCE 11 March 545 BCE	544 BCE in Myanmar; 545 BCE in Thailand

Śaka Era	17 March 78 CE	Civil calendar

Burmese Era (Culāsakaraj)	22 March 638	Civil calendar

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In Thailand, the Buddhist calendar used 11 March 545 BCE as the epochal date.

final_sentence: In Thailand, the Buddhist calendar used 11 March 545 BCE as the epochal date.