[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.s3.t2.350 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.350 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.350 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.350](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.350) Thus this passage is actually a kind of preliminary history to the autobiography which Gotama Buddha later gives in Chapter 26, briefly summarising in 25 verses the chief events of his last earthly existence. A list of the Buddhas down to Metteyya, the future Buddha, and an account of the distribution of the Buddha relics form the conclusion of the book. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.349](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.349) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.351](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.351) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.350](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.350) · Pramāṇa