History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.339
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c91.339
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pilgrimages and vratas and it was said that the latter two were more efficacious than even Vedic sacrifices. These changes seriously reduced the appeal of Buddhism. The purāṇas contained stories of gods and avatāras that vied in their appeal to the common man with the Buddhist Jātaka tales. The Kādambarī of Bāṇa (first half of 7th century A. D) states that the people of Ujjayinī were fond of the Mahābhārata, Purāṇas and Rāmāyaṇa (Mahābhārata-Purāṇa-Rāmāyaṇā-nurāgiṇā &c). This is put down as the last of the four causes of the decline of Buddhism by O'Connor.