Zaman Shaka (IAST: zaman Śaka) atau Shalivahana Śaka ialah zaman takwim bersejarah (penomboran tahun), epok (tahun sifarnya)[2] sama dengan tahun Julius 78. Ia lebih biasa dikenali dalam bahasa-bahasa India sebagai Shalivahana Śaka ("zaman Shalivahana") atau dalam RTGS Mahasakkarat ("Maha Zaman") dan terus digunakan dalam takwim tradisional.[1]

Syiling pemerintah Satrap Barat Damasena. Tarikh penempaan, di sini 153 (100-50-3 dalam angka tulisan Brahmi) zaman Saka, oleh itu 232M, jelas muncul di belakang hulu raja.
Mohar raja Gorkhali Prithvi Narayan Shah bertarikh zaman Shaka 1685 (1763M)

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  1. ^ a b Government of India (1955), "The Saka Era", Report of the Calendar Reform Committee, m/s. 255–256
  2. ^ Like all Indian eras, the Śaka era uses expired, elapsed, or complete years, where a year must have elapsed before it can be counted. This is similar to the Western method of determining a person's age, whose first year must have been completed before that person reaches one year old. The uncounted first year of the era is numbered as year zero. This differs from Western eras which use current years.[1]

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