A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.23
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.23
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¹ As is done by *Oldenberg*, Vinayapiṭaka, Introd. p. li ff., for the opposite view, *cf. Kern*, Manual, p. 116f. When the chroniclers report that Mahinda was sent to Ceylon and Majjhima to the Himavat (Dīpavaṃsa VIII, 10) and when we find a reliquary in the stūpa at Sāñchī with the inscription: "(relics) of Majjhima, teacher of Himavat," it speaks strongly in favour of the authenticity of the Ceylon chronicles. (*Copleston*, Buddhism, p. 173f.).