Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c11.12

c11.12

I must say that I remain quite unconvinced. The period that requires correction is not that between Buddha and Asoka, but the still later period of the impossible reigns of Mutasiwo and his sons for 162 years, or exactly 81 years to one generation. If the Buddhist dates of Chandra Gupta and Asoka can be corrected to the extent of 66 years, the date of Buddha’s Nirvâna must be subject to the same correction, as the period between them does not seem to be capable of extension. On the contrary, the Northern Buddhists seem to have usually curtailed it to 100 years as stated by Hwen Thsang, as well as in the Asoka Avadâna.† A single northern work, the Avadâna Sataka, extends the period between the Nirvâna and Asoka to 200 years.