This is concerning Dr. U. G. Barad's Contribution "CE/BCE" or "AD/BC" dating
notation to Goanet issue 1263.
Dr. Barad is right. AD/BC are being
replaced respectively by CE/BCE. I have seen this in serious reasearch papers
on historical topics. But I thought CE stands for Christian Era. I also
reasoned that the change is perhaps to bring about uniformity in the
corresponding abbreviations used in other languages. But if C in CE stands for
Common as Dr. Barad states, then my guess would be that the change is to make
the abbreviation secular, that is to free it from association with any religion
in order to make it more universally acceptable.
.......Dr. Arun Vaidya.
Vandana & Arun Vaidya, Ahmedabad
91-79-2662 1507
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