History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c96.s1.72

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²⁶²⁴ The ājīvikas were an ancient class of monks They are mentioned in Aśoka's 7th Pillar Edict (E I. Vol II. pp 270, 272) Daśaratha, grandson of Emperor Aśoka, made grants of caves to Ājīvika monks. Vide C. I I. Vol. I. p 181. The founder of the order was Gośāla, once a disciple of Mahāvīra, who later left him The Vāyupurāṇa (62.285) refers to them as 'adhārmika'. Vide 'History and the doctrines of the Ājīvikas' by Prof. A L. Basham (Luzac and Co. 1951). This is an exhaustive work on the Ājīvikas