Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c11.s26.3

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¹ Div. pp. 389-96. Upagupta is said to have made Aśoka worship at the stūpas of the apostles of Buddhism also. He made large gifts at each of the spots visited, except in the stūpa of Vakkula where he gave a *kākaṇī* for the reason that Vakkula did not do so much good to his fellow-creatures as others. Cf. *hida Budhe jate Sakyamuni and hida Bhagavan jateti* of the Rummindei inscr. with Upagupta's words to Aśoka : *asmin mahārāja pradeśe Bhagavān jātaḥ*. (Div. p. 389).