[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.s5.172 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.172 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s5.172 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s5.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.172) ³ \*Rhys Davids\* (JPTS 1883, p. xiii f.) considered them to be earlier than Buddhaghosa; \*Ed. Müller\* ascribes them to the 6th or 7th century; \*Geiger\* (Pali Literatur und Sprache, p. 24, para. 27) thinks that, judged by their language, they could scarcely have been written prior to the 11th century. - [Previous: v2.c19.s5.171](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.171) - [Next: v2.c19.s5.173](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.173) - [Up: v2.c19.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.172](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s5.172) · Pramāṇa