[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899) › c5.19 # The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.19 The Chronology of India, from the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century c5.19 - **Language:** English ### [c5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.19) 527 Śaka era according to the Digambaras. Jaina tradition gives also the dates 545 and 467 B.C. for this event, but the latter year is at variance with Buddhist tradition which states that Mahāvīra died during Buddha’s lifetime.—Kalpasūtra of Bhadrabāhu, ed. Jacobi, Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, Bd. vii, Int. 7 ff., or SBE. xxii, Int. x ff. Bühler, Secte der Jaina, 38. IA. viii, 30; xv, 143. - [Previous: c5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.18) - [Next: c5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.20) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kalpasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.sveta.cheda.1.kalpasutra) — Bhadrabāhu, Ardhamāgadhī Prakrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.duff-1899.c5.19) · Pramāṇa