A History of Indian Literature v2.c25.8

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(3) *The end of the 1st and the beginning of the 2nd century A.D.* is assumed by many scholars, s. H. *Oldenberg* in NGGW, 1911, 427 ff. (English translation in JPTS, 1910-11, p. 1 ff.), AR, 17, 1914, 646 ff., *Ed. Specht* in JA 1897, s. 9, t. X, p. 152 ff., *A. M. Boyer* in JA 1900, s. 9, t. XV, 526 ff., *H. Lüders*, Die Inschrift von Āra in SBA, 1912, 824 ff. (English translation in Ind. Ant., 42, 1913, 132 ff.); *F. W. Thomas* in JRAS, 1913, 627 ff., 1011 ff.; 1914, 748 ff., GGA, 1931, 1 ff., and *M. A. Stein* in Ind. Ant., 34, 1905, 77 ff.: "Palæographical and other considerations make it appear probable that the date of Kaniṣka's accession may be somewhat later than the beginning of the Saka era." According to *R. D. Banerji*, who has formulated all the theories advanced up to that time (Ind. Ant., 37, 1908, 27 ff.) Kaniṣka crossed the Indus in the year 91 A.D. and died in 123 A.D.