The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c29.61

v1.c29.61

Mention has already been made of the missionary leaders, whose activity is said to have followed upon the Third Council, and of Açoka's several relatives who joined the order (*v. sup.* p. 499). The Pāli books mention also a Mahāvaruṇa, and the two sons of Kuntī, Tissa and Sumitta, who are said to have died after Açoka's eighth year: they are not otherwise known.