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¹ The *Mahāvastu* adds two verses in a different metre containing Bimbisāra’s request and Gotama’s promise that he will return and preach the doctrine ‘in his kingdom’. E. Thomas, *The Life of Buddha*, p. 69. See also *ibid.*, p. 92, where the visit of Bimbisāra with a great host of citizens and the king’s conversion by the Buddha are described in some detail.