[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s1.23 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.23 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s1.23 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.23) 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.). - [Previous: v2.c19.s1.22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.22) - [Next: v2.c19.s1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.24) - [Up: v2.c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1) ## Cites (2) - [Dīpavaṃsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.vamsa.dipavamsa.8.10) — Pāli - [Sāñcī](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.site.sanchi) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.23](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s1.23) · Pramāṇa