Indian Epigraphy c15.s2.t4.6
Indian Epigraphy c15.s2.t4.6
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c15.s2.t4.6
On the basis of the Cantonese dotted record and considering certain other factors, scholars now generally assign the Buddha’s death to 483 B.C.² The Gaya inscription of the Buddha-nirvāṇa year 1813, Kārttika-badi 1, Wednesday, was believed by some scholars to suggest the epoch of the era in 638 B.C.³ But the date seems actually to be referable to the Ceylonese Buddha-nirvāṇa era of 544 B.C.⁴