History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c92.s1.3

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*Ārya-Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa* (published in TSS in three parts and 721 pages); contains parts of different dates (from 4th to 9th century A. D.). It is Buddhist and included in Tibetan Kangyur. It has now 55 chapters, but a Chinese translation of 10th century has only 28 chapters. Dr. B. Bhattacharya ascribes it to 2nd century A. D.; but Winternitz disagrees (vide IHQ. IX. pp. 1 ff). Jayaswal in 'Imperial History of India' gives the text of *patalavisara* 53 containing 1003 verses, out of which verses 6-314 deal with the biography of Buddha up to his *nirvāṇa* and real history is given from about 78 A. D to 8th century A. D. in verses 345-980.