A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.104

v2.c19.s3.t2.104

The fact that in the Petavatthu (IV, 3) a king Piṅgalaka appears, who, according to the commentary of Dhammapāla, is supposed to have ruled in Surat 200 years after Buddha, proves that even the commentators of a later time place these texts at a considerable interval from the life-time