Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s5.19

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³ *S.B.E.*, xxii, 266 (para. 128). As pointed out by Jacobi (*The Kalpasūtra of Bhadravāhu*, 6 ff.) the traditional date of Mahāvīra's Nirvāṇa is 470 years before Vikrama (58 B. C.) according to the Śvetambaras, and 605 according to the Digambaras. It is suggested that Vikrama of the Digambaras is intended for Śālivāhana (78 A. D.). A different tradition is, however, recorded by Hemachandra who says that 155 years after the liberation of Mahāvīra Chandragupta became king:—