A History of the Canonical Literature of the Jainas c7.25

c7.25

In *A His. of Ind. Lit.* (vol. II, p. 431 n) it is said: "If Sten Konow (Acta Or. 1, 1922, p. 20 ff.) is right in his explanation of the Hāthīgumphā inscription of Khāravela, then this inscription would furnish a confirmation of the Jaina tradition regarding the Council of Pāṭaliputra and the Diṭṭhivāya, and King Khāravela (170 B. C. ?) would in that case have compiled a recension of the Aṅgas in 64 sections. Konow's explanation is ingenious, but very much open to doubt."