Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s5.26
Political History of Ancient India, from the Accession of Parikshit to the Extinction of the Gupta Dynasty c12.s5.26
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c12.s5.26
It was during the reign of Ajātaśatru that both Mahāvīra and Gautama, the great teachers of Jainism and Buddhism respectively, are said to have entered nirvāṇa. Shortly after the death of Gautama a Council is said to have been held by the monks of his Order for the recitation and collection of the Doctrine.