..续本文上一页 year of Saunaka”s ordination, his death would fall 419 - 66 = 353 B.C.

　　 Siggava, when he had been in orders sixty-four years, ordained Tishya Maudgalîputra. This date 376 - 64 = 312 B.C. is called more than two years after Kandragupta”s accession, and so it very nearly is, 315 - 2 = 313.

　　 Siggava died when he had been in orders seventy-six years, i.e. 376 - 76 = 300 A.D. This year is called the fourteenth year of Kandragupta, which it very nearly is, 315 - 14 = 301.

　　 When Tishya had been in orders sixty^[1] years, he ordained Mahendra, 312 - 60 = 252 B.C. This is called six years after Asoka”s coronation, 259 - 6 = 253, and so it very nearly is. He died 312 - 80 = 232 B.C., which is called the twenty-sixth year of Asoka, and so it very nearly is.

　　[1. I take 60 (80), as given in Dîpavamsa V, 95, 107, instead of 66 (86), given in Dîpavamsa V. 94.]

　　p. xliv

BUDDHIST PATRIARCHS.

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