..续本文上一页 the grounds of our differences, namely, the beginning of Kandragupta”s reign, and the additional century, every one of these dates furnishes a good hypothesis to work on, until we can arrive at greater certainty in the ancient chronology of India. To my mind all dates beyond Kandragupta are as yet purely tentative, resting far more on a chronological theory than on actual tradition; and though I do not doubt the historical chatacter of the Council of Vaisâlî, I look upon the date assigned to it, on the authority of the Dîpavamsa and Mahâvamsa, as, for the present, hypothetical only.
[1. When Professor Kern states that the Mahâvamsa (p. 22) places the Third Council 218 years after Buddha”s death, this is not so. Asoka”s abhisheka takes place in that year. The prophecy that a calamity would befall their religion, 118 years after the Second Council (Mahâvamsa, p. 28), does not refer to the Council, but to Kandâsoka”s accession, 477 - 218 = 259 B.C.]
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B.C.
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557.
| Buddha born.
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552.
| Bimbisâra born.
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537-485.
| Bimbisâra, 5 years younger than Buddha, was 15 when crowned, 30 or 31 when he met Buddha in 522.
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485-453.
| Agâtasatru (4 × 8 years).
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477.
| Buddha”s death (485 - 8 = 477).
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477.
| COUNCIL AT RÂGAGRIHA under Kâsyapa, Ânanda, and Upâli.
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453-437.
| Udâyibhadra (2 × 8 years).
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437-429.
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| Anuruddhaka (8 years).
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Munda (at Pâtaliputra).
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429-405.
| Nâgadâsaka (3 × 8 years).
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405-387.
| Sisunâga (at Vaisâlî).
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387-359.
| Kâlâsoka.
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377.
| COUNCIL AT VAISÂLÎ, under Yasas and Revata, a disciple of Ânanda (259 + 118 = 377).
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359-337.
| Ten sons of Kâlâsoka (22 years).
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337-315.
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