Autore
Tieken, Herman

Titolo
The Role of the So-called Aśoka Inscriptions in the Attempt to Date the Buddha
Periodico
Rivista di studi sudasiatici
Anno: 2006 - Volume: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 69 - Pagina finale: 88

The date of the Buddha is calculated on the basis of the date of Asoka’s consecration. According to one Buddhist tradition this event took place 100 years after the Buddha’s death, according to another tradition 218 later. Asoka’s dates, in turn, are calibrated by those of the certain Greek kings mentioned in Rock Edict xiii. However, in the present article it is argued that the “Asoka inscriptions” are not necessarily by Asoka and that the name Asoka found in some of the inscriptions is a later insertion.



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