Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c5.90

c5.90

∗ It may be noted that Fleet [*IA*, XXI. p. 156] did not believe in this tradition and considered Bhadrabāhu of Inscription No. 1 as Bhadrabāhu II mentioned in the *Sarasvatī Gachchha Paṭṭāvalī* as becoming Pontiff in 53 B.C., with his disciple Guptigupta succeeding him as Pontiff in 31 B.C. In his opinion, this Guptigupta has been confused with Chandragupta. Dr. Hoernle, however [*Ib.*, pp. 59-60], after a critical study of all the Jain *Pāṭṭāvalīs*, believes in the tradition and records his conclusion thus: "Before Bhadrabāhu, the Jain community was undivided. With him the Digambaras separated from the Śvetāmbaras. The question is, Who this Bhadrabāhu was. The Śvetāmbara *paṭṭāvalīs* know only one Bhadrabāhu who, from the dates assigned to him by the Śvetāmbaras and Digambaras alike, must be identical with Bhadrabāhu I of the Digambaras. Considering the varying and contradictory character of the Digambara tradition, the probability is that the inception of the great separation took place under Bhadrabāhu I who died 162 A.V., according to the Digambaras, or 170 A.V., according to the Śvetāmbaras (both dates being within the reign of Chandragupta). The Digambara separation originally took place as a result of the migration southwards under Bhadrabāhu in consequence of a severe famine in Bihar, the original home of the undivided Jain community."